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Quotes from Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape — Susan Brownmiller

1935–2025 United States

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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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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Susan Brownmiller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.