Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for…

Quote by Andrea Dworkin

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

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,...

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...

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...

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she...

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...