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About Rape

Inception: 1978

Notable quotes

“Rape is a crime and Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas.”
— Greg Abbott according to "Greg Abbott Claims Texas's No-Exception Abortion Law is Fine Because He's Going to Eliminate Rape" (September 7, 2021)
“It’s in the Ten Commandments to not take the Lord’s name in vain. Rape isn’t up there, by the way. Rape is not a Ten Commandment. But don’t say the dude’s name with a shitty attitude.”
— Louis C.K., "God", Louie (2010).
“In no state can a man be accused of raping his wife. How can any man steal what already belongs to him? It is in the sense of rape as theft of another man's property that Kate Millett writes, "Traditionally rape has been viewed as an offense one male commits against another — a matter of abusing his woman."”
— Susan Griffin, Ramparts, Volume 10 (September 1971).
“Rape is often presented in television plotlines, where it has far-reaching and lasting consequences for the affected characters. But critics of Game of Thrones fear that rape has become so pervasive in the drama that it is almost background noise: a routine and unshocking occurrence.”
— Dave Itzkoff, "For ‘Game of Thrones,’ Rising Unease Over Rape’s Recurring Role", New York Times, (May 2, 2014).
“It is in female psychology to wish, to some extent, to be overcome by a superior male.”
— British M.P. Reginald Paget in a speech on the Attempted Rape Bill (1948)
“Rape is like bad weather: if it's inevitable, you might as well relax and enjoy it.”
— Clayton Williams, Texas gubernatorial candidate, March 24, 1990.

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