“ And it’s happening for a simple reason. There is nothing complex and difficult about the reason. Men are doing it because of the kind of power they have over woman. That power is real, concrete, exercised from one body to another” (Dworkin 14) Men feel like they have an empowerment over women, and that they have the right to do whatever they want to do. When a male rapes their victim they feel a sense of power over the woman, it fills their masculinity and make them feel like a “man”.
“ It is extraordinary thing to try to understand and confront why it is at men believe- and men do believe- that they have the right to rape.”
It is interesting to read this statement I never once thought that men thought they have the right to rape. Many men probably do believe this inside but we as woman never acknowledged it because no one admits it. Men believing they have the right to rape, belittles woman
“Women can no longer pretend pornography does not exist. We must either face our own humiliation and torture every day on magazine covers and television screens, or fight back.” (Steinem 36)
Everyday woman are put on screens, on magazines covers, talked about on television. Movies, pornographies and just in everyday life, woman are treated like piece of property and people accept it as an acceptable male act, but for the woman they are labeled and look down upon. This quotation said by Stienem is very true, woman just accept that certain woman portray this over all imagine of “all women” It is there and cannot be hidden, or forgotten about.
“But until we finally end the male dominance that has equated sexuality with aggression, there will be more pornography in our lives and less erotica. There will be little murders in our bedrooms and very little love.” (stienmen 44)
This statement is very true, because if people won’t be able to differ between erotica and pornography there will be no fine line in-between and people will forget what erotica actually is and be focused on this porn aspect. Until sex is looked upon equally men will always have the dominance and they will make the choice if it is
