Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.
Andrea DworkinAbout author
- Author's profession: Critic
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 26, 1946
- Died: April 9, 2005
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