Thomas BernhardWomen were like rivers, their banks were unreachable, the night often rang with the cries of the drowned.
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Women were like rivers, their banks were unreachable, the night often rang with the cries of the drowned. This is a beautiful metaphor that captures the violence and powerlessness women faced as they were used as property and treated as such. The drowning was a very real fear for women as they would be raped and their bodies taken, thus creating a cycle of violence where they were treated as objects. The beauty of this quote is that it captures this pain and suffering through metaphor. The beauty of using metaphor, especially when you know little about the topic you're writing about, is that you can write something that looks much better than it could if it contained the words “rape” or “violence against women.”
Source: Frost
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