“Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. Yet feminism, which has waged a crusade for rape to be taken more seriously, has put young women in danger by hiding the truth about sex from them.”

Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), Rape and Modern Sex War, p. 49

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