Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership.

Quote by Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Andrea Dworkin Quotes

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or...

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or...

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

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

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we...

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...