Quotes on Male Dominance

Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, men are sexually dominating women.

I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion about human evolution might not revolve as much around violence, warfare and male dominance, but rather around sexuality, empathy, caring and cooperation. What a different intellectual landscape we would occupy!