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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

Topics: Being Believe Cruelty Fact Human Human Suffering Indifference Jew Learns Reality Recognize Suffering

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The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Against Any Common Condition Dynamics Each Found Genius Inconceivable Isolate Make Obscure Oppressor Other Reality Rebellion Slave Slaves System United Which

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Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Bothers Bottle Buy Difficult Distinguish Often Rapist Seduction Wine

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Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Against Crimes Cry Freedom Important Justice Learn Men Our Should Stop Struggle Support Understand Us Violence Want Who Women

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Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Begins Biological Classes Conviction Discrimination Distinction Genocide However Political Sanction Social

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The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Among Based Bonding Brotherhood Common Cooperation Destroying Firm Groundwork Makes Male Males Men Only Possible Project Trustworthy Unite Women

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Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it - only then will we know what it is to be free.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Dead Femininity Free Know Longer Manhood Only Perish Sustains Then Will

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You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are sexually manipulative. When two individuals come together and leave their gender outside the bedroom door, then they make love.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Act Bedroom Come Door Gender Individuals Intercourse Leave Life Love Make Manipulative Men Outside Predatory Private Sexually Social Then Think Together Two Women Women Are You

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As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Any Become Equality Freedom Going Justice Live Long Peace Want Who World You

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While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: About Among Fact Gossip Idea Low Men Ridiculed Theory Trivial Universally While Women

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: September 26th, 1946

Died: April 9th, 2005

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