“Early feminists sensed this: they were strong opponents of protective legislation. They knew that as long as the princess was protected from the pea, women would be deprived of equality. The modern-day woman’s ‘pea under the mattress’ is the rough spots in the workplace. When today’s feminists are proponents of protective legislation, they oppose equality. Sexual harassment legislation is sexist because it makes only the man responsible for the male role in the sexual dance.”

Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), p. 47

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 288.

Source: Sharp Objects

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 297.

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 289.

Remarks by President Obama and President Kenyatta of Kenya in a Press Conference at Kenyan State House in Nairobi, Kenya https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/25/remarks-president-obama-and-president-kenyatta-kenya-press-conference (July 25, 2015)
2015
Context: I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law, and that they are deserving of equal protection under the law and that the state should not discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. And I say that, recognizing that there may be people who have different religious or cultural beliefs. But the issue is how does the state operate relative to people. If you look at the history of countries around the world, when you start treating people differently -- not because of any harm they’re doing anybody, but because they’re different -- that’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode and bad things happen. And when a government gets in the habit of treating people differently, those habits can spread. And as an African-American in the United States, I am painfully aware of the history of what happens when people are treated differently, under the law, and there were all sorts of rationalizations that were provided by the power structure for decades in the United States for segregation and Jim Crow and slavery, and they were wrong.

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"Playboy Interview: Madalyn Murray", Playboy (October 1965)

5 August 2018 tweet https://twitter.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/1026265648681246720 highlighted in 6 August 2018 Snopes article https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/france-law-children-consent-sex/