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Ellen Cleghorne

  • When this judge let a rapist go because the woman had been wearing a miniskirt and so was 'asking for it' I thought, ladies, what we all should do is this: next time we see an ugly guy on the street, shoot him. After all, he knew he was ugly when he left the house. He was asking for it.

    • Ellen Cleghorne,
    • in Regina Barreca, ed., The Penguin Book of Women's Humor ()

Ellen Cleghorne, U.S. actor, comedian

(1965)