We live, I am trying to say, in an epidemic of male violence against women.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the serious issue of violence that men perpetrate against women, calling for awareness and action.
Katha Pollitt's quote addresses the alarming prevalence of male violence against women, suggesting that this issue has reached epidemic proportions. It urges society to acknowledge this reality and take steps towards preventing such violence, emphasizing the urgent need for change in attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate gender-based violence.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for women's rights.
I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.
Misogyny runs deeper than religion.
I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.
Around us there is the presence of evil. The devil is at work. But in a loud voice I say: GOD IS STRONGER.
All I was trying to do was get home from work.
The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over.
Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman.
It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.
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