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Andrea Dworkin quotes

American Critic September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005

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Andrea Dworkin quote: "Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do..."
Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. Andrea Dworkin
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot..."
The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it."
Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it. Andrea Dworkin
Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns to recognize indifference to human suffering as a fact. Andrea Dworkin
Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. Andrea Dworkin
When I say that we must establish values with originate in sisterhood, I mean to say that we must not accept, even for a moment, male notions of what non-violence is. These notions have never condemned the systematic violence against us. The men who hold these notions have never renounced the male behaviours, privileges, values and conceits which are in and of themselves acts of violence against us. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."
No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it. Andrea Dworkin
A commitment to sexual equality with men is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice."
Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In..."
Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine. Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin quote: "Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this..."
Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography. Andrea Dworkin
Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. Andrea Dworkin
If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them. Andrea Dworkin
The normal fuck by a normal man is taken to be an act of invasion and ownership undertaken in a mode of predation. Woman have been chattels to man as wives, as prostitutes, as sexual and reproductive servants. Being owned and being fucked are or have been virtually synonymous experiences in the lives of woman. He owns you - he fucks you. The fucking conveys the quality of ownership - he owns you inside out. Andrea Dworkin

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