![]() They realize supporters of the status quo will stereotype women like Dworkin who ask difficult questions as “manhaters” and “anti-sex.”ĭworkin maintained her confidence in men’s ability to have new, equal relationships with women and form a view of sexuality as loving and mutual. Like her, feminists today feel “politically homeless” with misogyny coming from both Left and Right. ![]() Many call Dworkin prophetic in explaining pornography’s function as patriarchal propaganda dehumanizing all women. She had confidence our struggles could result in a better future. Dworkin kept speaking, writing, dealing with hatred aimed at her, and listening to painful stories of women who confided in her. ![]() She warned that violence, especially towards women, was going to increase. She exposed patriarchy as an essential part of fascism and as interconnected with racism and classism. A victim of rape, domestic violence, and prostitution, Dworkin used her ambition as a writer to “make sense of what had happened to me.” These writings reveal violence against women as the philosophical basis of patriarchy. ![]()
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