Trauma dissociates us from the parts of our body that are wounded, so we have to leave our whole body. It's a journey you take your whole life, that coming back in, re-landing in your body, in your self, on the Earth. I think one of the reasons it's been so easy, in a way, for us to violate both women and the Earth is this profound dissociation that exists in everyone.
Eve EnslerI think one of the problems with the capitalist mainstream is this: no matter what you create to respond or resist it they will buy it.
Eve EnslerThe people who are on the front lines every day in hospitals, nurses, the people who are running clinics, the people who are taking care of your children, those are the people who are the lovers of the world, are the good of the world.
Eve EnslerWell, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasnโt killed our hearts. Itโs killed menโs hearts. Itโs silenced them, itโs cut them off.
Eve EnslerWe have to bridge and join our struggles and understand how we can't fight violence against women without looking at racism, we can't fight violence against women without looking at economic deprivation or climate change. All these struggles are interconnected.
Eve EnslerI am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?
Eve Ensler