Top 10 most inspiring quotes by 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.
- 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.
- Any violation of a woman’s body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography.
- Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and all personal relationships.
- The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.
- It is a tragedy beyond the power of language to convey when what has been imposed on women by force becomes a standard of freedom for women: and all the women say it is so.
- The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide.
- 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.
- Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, men are sexually dominating women.
- Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible.
Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005) was a radical feminist, author, and activist known for her influential and controversial contributions to feminist discourse. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Dworkin emerged as a prominent figure in the feminist movement during the 1970s and 1980s. She focused on issues such as pornography, sexual violence, and the commodification of women’s bodies.
Dworkin’s best-known works include “Woman Hating” (1974) and “Pornography: Men Possessing Women” (1981), in which she argued against the objectification and degradation of women in various forms of media. Her writings sparked intense debates within feminist circles and beyond, with some praising her as a staunch defender of women’s rights and others critiquing her views as extreme.
Throughout her career, Dworkin collaborated with fellow feminist activist Catharine MacKinnon to draft ordinances seeking to regulate pornography, which generated significant controversy and legal challenges. Despite the controversies surrounding her work, Dworkin’s legacy endures as a symbol of uncompromising advocacy for women’s rights and a challenging voice within feminist scholarship. She passed away in 2005, leaving behind a complex and enduring legacy in the history of feminism.
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