Necessary Targets Quotes

“You don't understand that this happened to us—to real people. We were just like you, we weren't ready for this— nothing in our experience prepared us — there were no signs — we weren't fighting for centuries — it didn't come out of our perverted lifestyle — you all want it to be logical — you want us to be different than you are so you can convince yourselves it wouldn't happen there, where you are. That's why you turn us into stories, into beasts, Communists, people who live in a strange country and speak a strange language — then you can feel safe, superior. Then, afterward, we become freaks, the stories of freaks — fax, please — get us one raped Bosnian woman, preferably gang-raped, preferably English speaking.”
― Eve Ensler, Necessary Targets