Ladyfilosopher

“The End of Manhood, Stoltenberg continually emphasizes that men can honor their own selfhood only through loving justice. He asserts: “Justice between people is perhaps the most important connection”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Those at greater risk for sexual violence are more likely to be met with distrust, blame, or disregard, diminishing the odds that they will pursue a formal complaint.”
― Deborah Tuerkheimer, Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

“two sets of racial beliefs defined rape around the nation: “first, that black women could not be raped, and second, that black men threatened white female virtue.”
― Deborah Tuerkheimer, Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

“But the strength of women lies in recognizing differences between us as creative, and in standing up to those distortions which we inherited without blame, but which are now ours to alter. The angers of women can transform difference through insight into power. For anger between peers births change, not destruction, and the discomfort and sense of loss it often causes is not fatal, but a sign of growth.”
― Audre Lorde, The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House