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Yes, this is a critical issue at the core of feminist struggle. Read some Dworkin.

• Mz 12y ago
  I don't see it that way. I have read quite a lot and thought quite a lot on the subject. But I don't imagine you really want me to give you my 2 cents worth since you seem to be coming from an (unfounded and rather disrespectful) assumption that I am ignorant. I mean, you could have asked had I read Dworkin rather than framing your remark like you are sure I haven't, which is kind of an insulting, dismissive thing to do. And, upon googling, gee, if you mean THIS Dworkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin, then: no thanks. I happen to like men and sex, I worked hellaciously hard to get there and I am not interested in drinking deeply of her rage. Her apparent thesis -- that porn is linked to rape and violence against women -- flies in the face of statistics that internet porn apparently reduces incidence of rape and, from a quick skim of the Wikipedia page, I get the impression she was pretty angry and dissatisfied with life. I generally try to get my advice from bon vivants, not embittered cynics.
  • tedks 12y ago
    Andrea Dworkin is one of the foremost feminist thinkers of the 20th century. If you're dismissing her offhand you are not a feminist.
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