The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the other.

In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her.

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source: the phallic identities of men.

Violation is a synonym for intercourse.

Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does not make choices in freedom. Instead, one conforms in body type and behavior and values to become an object of male sexual desire, which requires an abandonment of a wide-ranging capacity for choice... Men too make choices. When will they choose not to despise us?

I also had nightmares. Somehow all the feelings I didn't feel when each thing had actually happened to me I did feel when I slept.

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.