Girls are still being socialized not to identify with—feel empathy for—other females; she got hurt because she did x, y, z—I didn’t, so I didn’t get hurt; she’s at fault, I’m not; the punishment fits her crime; blame her, exonerate him. This continuing, culturally applauded socialization of women not to empathize with other women is a malignant part of the culture of men

Andrea Dworkin, “Suffering and Speech”

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