Golda Meir - But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there

But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.

Context

The Israeli cabinet was discussing an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a nighttime curfew for women:

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Citations

Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Prime Minister, Israel (Labor), Quoted in Medea and Thompson, Against Rape, 1974

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