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“The specific kind of anticommunism that took shape in these years was partly based on value judgments: the widespread belief in the United States that communism was simply a bad system, or morally repugnant even when effective. But it was also based on a number of assertions about the nature of Soviet-led international communism.”
― Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

“Sexuality includes, but is about more than, just having sex. It also includes: our capacity for sexual feelings; the kinds of people we’re attracted to and how; and how we identify ourselves and how others categorize us.”
― Meg-John Barker, Sexuality: A Graphic Guide

“Right there in our child’s mind we decide everyone can only be very evil or very good. We never stop to consider that all of us are capable of doing terrible things.”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

“despite the meanings of sex and sexuality changing dramatically over time, women have always been regarded – and treated – as inferior to men. Whether seen as sexually passive or active – as “madonnas” or “whores” – women’s sexuality has been regarded as a problem, and their bodies and expressions have often been altered to make them more sexually desirable and/or to police their sexuality.”
― Meg-John Barker, Sexuality: A Graphic Guide