“We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.”

—  Robin Morgan

Actually from 1969 leaflet by The Feminists, "Women: Do You Know the Facts About Marriage?". Its text was reprinted in the anthology Sisterhood is Powerful edited by Robin Morgan.
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