Unselfed

“Submitting to sex with a man who knew it was unwanted, who knew I felt deep pain at our lack of emotional connection, and who knew - who had been clearly told - that it felt like a violation, broke something in me. Knowing he could still enjoy and feel emotionally fulfilled by that unwanted sex shattered my idea of our marriage. I felt like a sex doll. I felt unselfed.”

- Anonymous author quoted in Kate Manne’s “Unwanted: On the Entitlement to Consent”