Nowhere is the evidence of women’s lack of separateness and subjectivity more striking than it is in the history of rape as both an individual and a cultural act. The origins of the word rape are found in the ancient Greek—meaning to steal.
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In all of recorded history woman has been defined by man—not as a human being, a sentient presence with thoughts, feelings, desires and dreams like his own—but as an object,
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Much as we might wish to claim the unique and individual nature of our world view, we are inevitably shaped by the culture that surrounds us. A huge body of work including visual art,
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If we dare to believe that women have achieved equality even in the United States, we need only look at the photo of a large group of white males who gathered in the capitol recently to make pronouncements about women’s reproductive issues.
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