like the complete dissociation from the body and constant societal and interpersonal gaslighting from men and the inherent abuse of living under patriarchy like it literally all just makes it so that women are permanently placed within a position where were all convinced that we are half a step away from full blown insanity and are barely concealing it but thats not an individual experience its collective like im just WOW women are crazy bc theres no way to function wo men viewing u as such and theres no way to cope w the warped and fucked up realities of patriarchy wo going insane
“Almost every woman I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness, that there is some deep, crazy part within her, that she must be on guard constantly against ‘losing control’ — of her temper, of her appetite, of her sexuality, of her feelings, of her ambition, of her secret fantasies, of her mind.”
— Elana Dykewomon, “Notes for a Magazine,” Sinister Wisdom #36 (Winter 1988/89)
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