No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove his courage, ever matches the solitary, existential courage of the woman who gives birth.

Quote by Andrea Dworkin

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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...

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...

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...

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction,...

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction,...

You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are...

You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are...

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...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

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...

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...

Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer...

Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at...

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...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

Broadway is a place where people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they...

Broadway is a place where people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they...

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into...

Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into...