RT @spinifexpress: "How many women have to be killed before men’s violence is seen as real? How many women have to be injured and violated before their pain is verified?” -Susan Hawthorne https://t.co/jsHjPU... #16days #16DaysOfActivism ...
Susan Hawthorne: "In this book, I call out the oppressors: I name the enemy; and I call on them to think again; to take responsibility for their behaviour and the impact it is having on the lives of people around the world and on the planet itself. ...
"Men pretend that the structure of society is flat. They love women; women love them; and everyone is equal. Rarely so. The women who are loved so much, are captives of patriarchy.” -Susan Hawthorne, Vortex https://t.co/93D5CG...
“Porn was an element in the “social control of women” we said because, “the strength, dignity and confidence of every woman are undermined by these images and their messages are internalised.” -Sheila Jeffreys https://t.co/5OMVul...
"We defined pornography as, “all forms of visual and verbal humiliation of women for the sexual titillation of men from Page 3 in the Sun to striptease and flagellation movies, plus the exploitation and humiliation of women for economic gain e.g. ...
“The ‘surrogate' mother’s ‘right to bodily autonomy’ conveniently aligns with the ‘right’ of another (wealthier) person to obtain a baby.” -@JenniferLahl, @MelTankardReist & Renate Klein in Broken Bonds #stopsurrogacynow https://t.co/cebwbv...