Her later radicalism and sensationalism further alienated potential allies, but this did not prevent some of Dworkin's supporters from lionising her in their eulogies. Her activism added fuel to the anti-feminist fire by helping to provoke a split between pro- and anti-sex feminists, alienating liberals who were opposed to anti-pornography laws. However, Dworkin also made pseudoscientific claims that all males are violent manipulators and that all sex is rape.ĭworkin is primarily known for her crusade against pornography. Most of Dworkin's rhetoric follows the line that gender is a social construct and its deconstruction will leave us all the same as each other (except for the dirty bits). Īndrea Dworkin (1946–2005) was an influential American radical feminist.
Andrea Dworkin, making an impressive series of crank points all at once: referencing traditional anarcha-feminism, completely misinterpreting it by using Social Darwinism, and then proclaiming to have a solution despite not challenging existing norms, which is the opposite of anarcha-feminism, all while arbitrarily altering definitions of meaningless, colloquial language to suit this narrative. When two individuals come together and leave their gender outside the bedroom door, then they make love. Men are sexually predatory in life and women are sexually manipulative. “ ”You think intercourse is a private act it's not, it's a social act.
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