Ana

“The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

“According to the virginity movement, men have no self-control when it comes to anything sexual.”
― Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women

“While boys are taught that the things that make them men--good men--are universally accepted ethical ideals, women are led to believe that our moral compass lies somewhere between our legs. Literally.”
― Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women

“Young women are not putting themselves in danger. The people around them are doing the real damage. Who? you might wonder. The abstinence teacher who tells her students that they'll go to jail if they have premarital sex. The well-founded organization that tells girls on college campuses that they should be looking for a husband, not taking women's studies classes. The judge who rules against a rape survivor because she didn't meet whatever standard for a victim he had in mind. The legislator who pushes a bill to limit young women's access to abortion because he doesn't think they're smart enough to make their own decisions. These are the people who are making the world a worse place, and a more dangerous one, at that, for girls and young women. We're just doing our best to live in it.”
― Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women