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1935–2025 United States

Susan Brownmiller (born Susan Warhaftig, February 15, 1935 – May 24, 2025) was an American feminist writer, journalist, and activist best known for her book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (1975).

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Man's discovery that his genitalia could serve as a weapon to generate fear must rank as one of the most important discoveries of prehistoric times, along with the use of fire and the first crude stone axe. From prehistoric times to the present, I believe, rape has played a critical function. It is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear.

Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (1975)

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