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1、Terror,Torture,andResistancebyAndreaDworkinCopyright©1991byAndreaDworkin.Allrightsreserved.[AndreaDworkindeliveredthiskeynotespeechattheCanadianMentalHealthAssociation's"WomenandMentalHealthConference--WomenInaViolentSociety,"heldinBanff,Alberta,May1991.]We'rehereb
2、ecauseofanemergency.Youallknowthat.We'reherewantingtospeakabouttheprogresswe'vemade,butknowingthatwomenarenotanysaferfromrapenowthanwhenwestartedout.I'mgladthattheCanadianMentalHealthAssociationisconcernedwithourhealth.BecauseIforoneamsicktodeath.Iamsickfromthenumb
3、ersofwomenwhoarebeingbrutalizedandrapedandsodomized.Whoarebeingkilled,whoaremissing.Whoinawomen'scultureofnon-violencedon'thurtthepeoplewhoarehurtingus.Wedotakeourownlives.Wedocommitsuicide.SomanywomenIhaveknownhavespenteverydayoftheirlivesfightingtostayalive,becau
4、seofthedespairtheycarryaroundwiththemfromthesexualabusethattheyhaveexperiencedintheirlives.Andthesearebravewomen.Andthesearestrongwomen.Andthesearecreativewomen.Thesearewomenwhothoughtthattheyhadarighttodignity,toindividuality,tofreedom,to1creativity,andinfact,they
5、couldn'tevenwalkdownacityblockinfreedom.Manyofthemwererapedaschildrenintheirownhomes,byrelatives.Bytheirfathers,bytheiruncles,bytheirbrothers,beforetheywere,quote,women.Manyofthemwerebeatenbythemenwholovedthem.Theirhusbands,bylovers.Manyofthemweretorturedbythosemen
6、andwhenyoulookatwhathappenedtothesewomen,yousayAmnestyInternationalwhereareyou?Whereareyou?Becausetheprisonsforwomenareourhomes.Weliveundermartiallaw.Weliveinplacesinwhicharapecultureexists.Thatisawomen'shome,whereshelives.Menhavetobesenttoprison,toliveinacultureth
7、atisasrapistasthenormalhomeinNorthAmerica.Weliveunderwhatamountstoamilitarycurfew.Enforcedbyrapists.Andwesayusuallythatwe'refreecitizensinafreesociety.Welie.Welie,welieeverydayaboutit.Wesurvivethroughamnesia.Bynotrememberingwhathappenedtous.Bybeingunabletoremembert
8、henameofthewomanwhowasinthenewspaperyesterday.Whowaswalkingsomewhereandwasmissing.Whatwashername?Iamsicktodeathofnotbeingabletorememberthenames.T
