The Annihilation Of A Woman's Personality, Individuality,

The Annihilation Of A Woman's Personality, Individuality, Will, Character, Is Prerequisite To Male Sexuality.

The Nature Of Women's Oppression Is Unique: Women Are Oppressed As Women, Regardless Of Class Or Race; Some Women Have Access To Significant Wealth, But That Wealth Does Not Signify Power; Women Are To Be Found Everywhere, But Own Or Control No Appreciable Territory; Women Live With Those Who Oppress Them, Sleep With Them, Have Their Children - We Are Tangled, Hopelessly It Seems, In The Gut Of The Machinery And Way Of Life Which Is Ruinous To Us.

Under Patriarchy, No Woman Is Safe To Live Her Life, Or To Love, Or To Mother Children. Under Patriarchy, Every Woman Is A Victim, Past, Present, And Future. Under Patriarchy, Every Woman's Daughter Is A Victim, Past, Present, And Future. Under Patriarchy, Every Woman's Son Is Her Potential Betrayer And Also The Inevitable Rapist Or Exploiter Of Another Woman.

The Fact That We Are All Trained To Be Mothers From Infancy On Means That We Are All Trained To Devote Our Lives To Men, Whether They Are Our Sons Or Not; That We Are All Trained To Force Other Women To Exemplify The Lack Of Qualities Which Characterizes The Cultural Construct Of Femininity.

One Needs Either Equality Or Political And Economic Superiority.