I would like to know the origin of the quote "At core, men are afraid
women will laugh at them. At core, women are afraid men will kill
them."

Hi,

I think that I found the answer to your question.  I haven't been able
to find the exact quote that you stated but from what I can tell, the
idea behind the quote came from Margaret Atwood.

According to an article found on PBS's website: 

'Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why
men feel threatened by women, he answered, "They are afraid women will
laugh at them." When she asked a group of women why they feel
threatened by men, they said, "We're afraid of being killed." '

http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/articles/nightmare.html 


I also found this at a seperate website:

“Why are you afraid of women?”  I asked a group of men
“We’re afraid they’ll laugh at us,” replied the men.
“Why are you afraid of men?”  I asked a group of women
“We’re afraid they’ll kill us,” replied the woman.

-Margaret Atwood 

http://www.huucsb.com/2001-2002%20website/Academics/mar2.0.htm

As you can see, this is essentially the same idea as the previous
quote and your quote.

There is also a book called "Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing"
by Jill Radford and Diana E.H. Russell that credits this idea to
Atwood, according to this website:

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/book-sum/femicide.html 

The quote "Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid
men will kill them," is also sometimes used by women on banners at
rallies for women's rights.

http://archive.nashuatelegraph.com/Daily_Sections/News/Archives/2000/march/stories/0309w-womensday.htm


So, I think that the answer to your question is that Margaret Atwood
is probably the origin of the quote, even though she may not have said
it exactly the way you have it written.

Search Strategy

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I hope that was what you were looking for. 

Thanks,
analogkid

I found some of the same info - but really appreciated analogkid-ga's
work. i also like the notes from other Google users. Thanks!

Actually, that's a direct quote from Gavin De Becker's book, “The Gift
of Fear”. I found that out from this page:
www.colorado.edu/sacs/rec-center/programs/
instruction/womenselfdefence/Women.htm

Gavin de Becker is an expert on violence prediction and management.
There's a great deal of information about him on the internet.

Hope this helps!

Thanks luciph-ga, I must have missed that one.  

Here's the link again on one line:

www.colorado.edu/sacs/rec-center/programs/instruction/womenselfdefence/Women.htm