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Letter "A" » Andrea Dworkin Quotes
«We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent - see, he's jealous, he cares - a woman shows how much she cares by how much she's willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure;»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
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cares, double, doubles, double over, double standard, doubling, endure, jealous, shows, standard, violent
«Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are»
«The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the other.»
«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.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
«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»
«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.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
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dynamics, inconceivable, isolate, obscure, oppressor, rebellion, slaves, The Genius
«Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.»
«Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
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bothers, bottle, distinguish, rape, raped, rapist, rapists, seduction, seductions, wine bottle
«Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
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abuse, domination, hierarchies, hierarchy, hierarchy of, modeled, sexism
«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.»
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