Bodies Writing Quote

On page 380 I found a quote that I liked best. "Throughout history women have been subjected to physical. psychological, verbal, and economic abuse at the hands of men, often those who claim to love them- husbands, lovers, fathers, uncles, brothers." This quote not only speaks about women being abused pyhsically but also verbally and economically. Women, not just women writers have been verbally put down because their work was not good enough, not up to par and standards with that of men's. What makes it right to emotionally damage someones, anyone's self esteem and self worth.  What really caught my attention was that the women were being put down by those who were closest to them, not just critics or strangers. Economically I think the quote is trying to say that women, no matter how good the work they do is, are paid less than men and given far less credit as well. We are all aware that throughout history, women have been beaten and abused simply because they were women and at one point, it was actually allowed.