Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually an…

Andrea Dworkin
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Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (1989). Pornography: men possessing women, Plume
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