"Take a hard look at how living under a constant cloud of patriarchal violence affects women’s lives every day.”
"So, ask yourself: Are you better off hoping that you'll be one of the lucky women to escape abuse, or will you be better off being part of a system in which women have actual rights and present a united front?" Diane L. Rosenfeld "The Bonobo Sisterhood."
"The Bonobo Sisterhood Versus White Supremacist Patriarchy"
Male violence is not inevitable.
“...share 98.7 percent of our DNA” and live free of male sexual violence. She highlights how bonobos connect and support one another outside the bounds of kinship ties. Judd praises Rosenfeld’s assertion that the bonobos can show humans a new way forward and calls the book “a fiercely intelligent analysis of patriarchy and sexual violence.” Ashely Judd
Read more of Jennifer Fischer's piece for Ms. Magazine on Dr. Rosenfeld and the Bonobo Sisterhood
https://msmagazine.com/2022/10/19/diane-rosenfeld-bonobo-sisterhood-female-alliance-patriarchy/