... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.

Judith Lewis Herman

Tags: power inequality law rape crime feminist sexism dominance criminal male-thinking abuse-of-power rape-survivor raped patriarchy rape-culture sexual-assault sexual-violence coercion feminist-theory abused-women coercive-acts male-dominance male-domination rape-convictions violation



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I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion about human evolution might not revolve as much around violence, warfare and male dominance, but rather around sexuality, empathy, caring and cooperation. What a different intellectual landscape we would occupy!

Frans de Waal

Tags: empathy cooperation warfare evolution violence caring patriarchy male-dominance frans-de-waal matriarchy



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