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“To say that straight men are heterosexual is only to say that they engage in sex (fucking exclusively with the other sex, i.e., women). All or almost all of that which pertains to love, most straight men reserve exclusively for other men. The people whom they admire, respect, adore, revere, honor, whom they imitate, idolize, and form profound attachments to, whom they are willing to teach and from whom they are willing to learn, and whose respect, admiration, recognition, honor, reverence and love they desire… those are, overwhelmingly, other men. In their relations with women, what passes for respect is kindness, generosity or paternalism; what passes for honor is removal to the pedestal. From women they want devotion, service and sex.

Heterosexual male culture is homoerotic; it is man-loving.”
― Marilyn Frye, The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory

“When does the war end?” I asked. “Does it end? That’s the question. Who gets to say that it’s over? A war continues until the victor says it’s over.”
― Percival Everett, James

“Ich kaufe ja Bücher nicht, weil ich sie alle benötige, sondern weil ich mir ausmale, wie herrlich es sein wird, sie demnächst - sagen wir: eines Tages, zu lesen.”
― Durs Grünbein

“Words are like stone to build bridges.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Our thinking was limited by convention (the most subtle but oppressive dictator).”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“We are going to topple it, we say, echoing so many women’s voices. Patriarchy will not fall on its own; we have to tear it down. Together, we say.”
― Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

“Anthropologist Rita Segato has reminded us that behind the relentless war against women, which is being waged with equal ferocity inside homes and on public grounds, lies the “mandate of masculinity,” which negatively affects women and men alike, albeit in different forms and with different lethal risks. Defined as men’s perceived duty to dominate in order to belong to a brotherhood whose main aim is control over women’s bodies, the “mandate of masculinity” helps us understand that while violence against women may appear to be sexual, it is, above all, a matter of power.”
― Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice