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. Andrea Dworkin More Quotes by Andrea Dworkin More Quotes From Andrea Dworkin And on that day, the day of truce, that day when not one woman is raped, we will begin the real practice of equality, because we can't begin it before that day. Before that day it means nothing, because it is nothing; It is not real; It is not true. Andrea Dworkin real practice mean Could women's liberation ever be a revolutionary movement, not rhetorically but on the ground? Andrea Dworkin liberation revolutionary movement Does the sun ask itself, "Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?" No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?" No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?" No, it burns, it shines. Andrea Dworkin shining moon thinking How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se? Andrea Dworkin love-someone domination one-love I dream that love without tyranny is possible Andrea Dworkin tyranny dream Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer. Andrea Dworkin pornography consumers class Standards of beauty describe in precise terms the relationship that an individual will have to her own body. They prescribe her mobility, spontaneity, posture, gait, the uses to which she can use her body. They define precisely the dimension of her physical freedom and psychological development, intellectual possibility, and creative potential is an umbilical one. Andrea Dworkin dimensions creative intellectual Every three minutes a woman is being raped. Every eighteen seconds a woman is being beaten. There is nothing abstract about it. It is happening right now as I am speaking. Andrea Dworkin abstract minutes three Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible. Andrea Dworkin pain loneliness sex ...In every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom. Andrea Dworkin males feminist expression Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, empoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life. Andrea Dworkin brave self rights Families make possible the super-exploitation of women by training them to look upon their work outside the home as peripheral to their 'true' role. Andrea Dworkin feminist work-out home Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, men are sexually dominating women. Andrea Dworkin sight men mean The universal religion - contempt for women. Andrea Dworkin contempt feminism universal Remember: Resist do not comply. Andrea Dworkin remember We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a woman shows how much she cares by how much she's willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure; how suicidal she's prepared to be. Andrea Dworkin suicidal jealous hurt I love, cherish, and respect women in my mind, in my heart, and in my soul. This love of women is the soil in which my life is rooted. It is the soil of our common life together. My life grows out of this soil. In any other soil, I would die. In whatever ways I am strong, I am strong because of the power and passion of this nurturant love. Andrea Dworkin passion strong heart Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting, however inspired,can convince the actor herself that her ideal female life is not a dreadful form of dying. Andrea Dworkin dolls acting dying The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it. Andrea Dworkin erotic women brotherhood Touch is the meaning of being human. Andrea Dworkin being-human humans
