Rebecca Solnit Quote

It’s the way some men say, I’m not the problem or that they shifted the conversation from actual corpses and victims as well as perpetrators to protecting the comfort level of bystander males. An exasperated woman remarked to me, What do they want—a cookie for not hitting, raping, or threatening women? Women are afraid of being raped and murdered all the time and sometimes that’s more important to talk about than protecting male comfort levels. Or

Rebecca Solnit

It’s the way some men say, I’m not the problem or that they shifted the conversation from actual corpses and victims as well as perpetrators to protecting the comfort level of bystander males. An exasperated woman remarked to me, What do they want—a cookie for not hitting, raping, or threatening women? Women are afraid of being raped and murdered all the time and sometimes that’s more important to talk about than protecting male comfort levels. Or

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About Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.