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Andrea Dworkin Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

The dark was hissing and hot and hard with a jagged bone, a cold brutal bone, and hips packed tight. The dark wasn't just at night. The dark was any time, any place; you open your eyes and the dark is there, right up against you, pressing. You can't see anything and you don't know any names, not who they are or the names for what they do Picture Quote #1

To permit writers to use forms which violate convention just might permit writers to develop forms which would teach people to think differently: not to think about different things, but to think in different ways Picture Quote #1

There is a great deal at stake here, many writers fight this battle and most lose it. what is at stake for the writer? freedom of invention, freedom to tell the truth, in all its particulars, freedom to imagine new structures Picture Quote #1

With the possible exception of the Shakers, it is difficult to think of an American movement that has failed more spectacularly than antipornography feminism Picture Quote #1

I need the money, people are very coy about money, and the ladies aren't just coy, they are sci fi about money… …people ask, well, don't sweet things happen? yes, indeed, many sweet things, but sweet doesn't keep you from dying, making love doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, writing doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, being wise doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, facts are facts, being poor makes you face facts which also does not keep you from dying Picture Quote #1

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I listened; I wrote; I learned. I do not know why so many women trusted me enough to speak to me, but underneath anything I write one can hear the percussive sound of their heartbeats. If one has to pick one kind of pedagogy over all others, I pick listening. It breaks down prejudices and stereotypes; it widens self-imposed limits; it takes one into another's life, her hard times and, if there is any, her joy too Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide Picture Quote #1

The intelligence of women is not out in the world, acting on its own behalf; it is kept small, inside the home, acting on behalf of another. This is true even when the woman works outside the home, because she is segregated into women's work, and her intelligence does not have the same importance as the lay of her ass Picture Quote #1

Men have constructed female sexuality and in so doing have annihilated the chance for sexual intelligence in women. Sexual intelligence cannot live in the shallow, predestined sexuality men have counterfeited for women Picture Quote #1

Women, it is said, have a bad attitude toward sex. Women, it not said often enough, have a long-lived resentment against forced-sex and a longing for freedom Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her Picture Quote #1

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 behaviors, privileges, values and conceits which are in and of themselves acts of violence against us Picture Quote #1

How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, impoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does not make choices in freedom. Instead, one conforms in body type and behavior and values to become an object of male sexual desire, which requires an abandonment of a wide-ranging capacity for choice... Men too make choices. When will they choose not to despise us? Picture Quote #1

Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography Picture Quote #1

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it Picture Quote #1

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it Picture Quote #1

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I'm a radical feminist, not the fun kind Picture Quote #1

One needs either equality or political and economic superiority Picture Quote #1

Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women’s bodies Picture Quote #1

Surely the freedom of women must mean more to us than the freedom of pimps Picture Quote #1

Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power Picture Quote #1

Can women make use of men's vulnerability not to marry but instead to destroy male power? Picture Quote #1

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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 Dworkin Quotes) The dark was hissing and hot and hard with a jagged bone, a cold brutal bone, and hips packed tight. The dark wasn't just at night. The dark was any time, any place; you open your eyes and the dark is there, right up against you, pressing. You can't see anything and you don't know any names, not who they are or the names for what they do (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) To permit writers to use forms which violate convention just might permit writers to develop forms which would teach people to think differently: not to think about different things, but to think in different ways (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) There is a great deal at stake here, many writers fight this battle and most lose it. what is at stake for the writer? freedom of invention, freedom to tell the truth, in all its particulars, freedom to imagine new structures (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) With the possible exception of the Shakers, it is difficult to think of an American movement that has failed more spectacularly than antipornography feminism (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) I need the money, people are very coy about money, and the ladies aren't just coy, they are sci fi about money… …people ask, well, don't sweet things happen? yes, indeed, many sweet things, but sweet doesn't keep you from dying, making love doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, writing doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, being wise doesn't keep you from dying unless you get paid, facts are facts, being poor makes you face facts which also does not keep you from dying (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) I listened; I wrote; I learned. I do not know why so many women trusted me enough to speak to me, but underneath anything I write one can hear the percussive sound of their heartbeats. If one has to pick one kind of pedagogy over all others, I pick listening. It breaks down prejudices and stereotypes; it widens self-imposed limits; it takes one into another's life, her hard times and, if there is any, her joy too (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) The intelligence of women is not out in the world, acting on its own behalf; it is kept small, inside the home, acting on behalf of another. This is true even when the woman works outside the home, because she is segregated into women's work, and her intelligence does not have the same importance as the lay of her ass (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Men have constructed female sexuality and in so doing have annihilated the chance for sexual intelligence in women. Sexual intelligence cannot live in the shallow, predestined sexuality men have counterfeited for women (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Women, it is said, have a bad attitude toward sex. Women, it not said often enough, have a long-lived resentment against forced-sex and a longing for freedom (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 behaviors, privileges, values and conceits which are in and of themselves acts of violence against us (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se? (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, impoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) 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 (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does not make choices in freedom. Instead, one conforms in body type and behavior and values to become an object of male sexual desire, which requires an abandonment of a wide-ranging capacity for choice... Men too make choices. When will they choose not to despise us? (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) I'm a radical feminist, not the fun kind (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) One needs either equality or political and economic superiority (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women’s bodies (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Surely the freedom of women must mean more to us than the freedom of pimps (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power (Andrea Dworkin Quotes) Can women make use of men's vulnerability not to marry but instead to destroy male power? (Andrea Dworkin Quotes)

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