The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.
What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
Violence against women is clearly not solved, not at all solved, and the reasons for it, which are controlling women's bodies in order to control reproduction, are definitely not solved.
We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.
I would say that reproductive freedom comes first, then violence and economics.
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political.
One act of violence takes four generations to heal.
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of the mater is that hierarchy and violence can't be remedied by more hierarchy and violence. The end doesn't justify the means, the means we choose decide the end we get. The means are the end.
During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there.
