“The most frequent way men are raped by adult women is "birth control rape."”
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 335.
“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”
Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
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Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 335.
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Variant: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
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Will come when it will come.
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