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Jessica Valenti
“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 organizarion 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 whatevel 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

Jessica Valenti
“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 organizarion 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

Jessica Valenti
“Antifeminists are the only ones who benefit from their version of working on women's behalf; in reality, they put other women at risk and fail to solve any larger problems.”
Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women

Angela Carter
“In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force”
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Jessica Valenti
“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

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