“The sexist perception that violence by anyone against only women is anti-woman while violence by a woman against only men is just generic violence creates a political demand for laws that are even more protective of women.”

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 228.

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