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July 16 - July 16, 2020
Men use sexuality as a tool to shut up women. We are not allowed to speak on matters that touch on sexual intercourse—even if they concern our own bodies and our own freedom—for fear of being labeled indelicate. Any time a man wishes to scare a woman into submission, he need only add the question of sexual attraction, leaving the virtuous woman with no choice but to blush and fall silent. You should know, Mr. Clark, that I don’t intend to fall silent. I have already been labeled indelicate; there is nothing you can add to that chorus.”
After all, a man could only draw what he could comprehend.
It would be like the Archbishop of Canterbury calling a select club of his compatriots ‘Bad, Bad Bishops’.”
“If the breach in the constitution be effectually repaired, the people will of themselves return to a state of tranquility; if not, MAY DISCORD PREVAIL FOR EVER.”

