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Nov 1, 1991 · This strongly argued feminist case against pornography stirred tremendous controversy when first published in 1979, and has lost none of its bite during its several years out of print.
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Dworkin analyzes (and extensively cites examples drawn from) contemporary and historical pornography as an industry that hates and dehumanizes women. Dworkin argues that the industry is implicated in violence against women, both in its production (through the abuse of the women that are used to star in it) and in the social consequences of its cons...
Terry Baum has written that the book is a "revelation" and that Dworkin "spoke with the urgency and eloquence of the Biblical prophets."
Summary of Pornography: Men Possessing Women- Andrea Dworkin
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Andrea Dworkin’s seminal 1981 work on the issue of pornography argues that the industry serves only to harm and oppress women. Her discussion of pornography as an outgrowth of the power that men exert over women―the power of owning, the power of money, and the power of sex, among others―still blazes with its clarity and immediacy, and ...
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Jan 1, 1981 · Pornography affects boys and girls in starkly different but equally harmful ways; it desensitises men to violence and conditions them to be aggressors, while teaching women to accept victimisation and subordination.
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Nov 1, 1991 · Pornography: Men Possessing Women. Paperback – November 1, 1991. by Andrea Dworkin (Author) 114. See all formats and editions. This volume presents a study of the damaging effect of pornography and its ramifications on society. Report an issue with this product or seller. Print length.
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Feb 13, 2024 · Pornography : men possessing women. by. Dworkin, Andrea. Publication date. 1981. Topics. Pornography -- Social aspects, Women -- Social conditions, Power (Social sciences), Social control, Erotica -- psychology. Publisher. New York : Perigee Books.
Pornography is violence against women, violence which pervades and distorts every aspect of our culture. In this angry, painful and astonishing book, Andrea Dworkin shows us that pornography is...
