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Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the r

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. – Adrienne Rich

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They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine worse than death by suicide, than a life of famine and suicide…? – Adrienne Rich

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Death
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The mothers battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. – Adrienne Rich

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The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet. – Adrienne Rich

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Women – always in trouble with them, but cant live without them. – Ayrton Senna

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I also use women as a sex object maybe Im kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well. – Oliver Reed

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It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 – except Goldwater in 64 – the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted. – Ann Coulter

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I have an idea that the phrase “weaker sex” was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. – Ogden Nash

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