All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination …

Andrea Dworkin
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All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source: the phallic identities of men.
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Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (1989). Pornography: men possessing women, Plume
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (1989). Pornography: men possessing wome … ▶
Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (2009). Intercourse, p.253, ReadHowYouWant.com
Every woman who has had experience with sexual violence of any kind has not just pain, and not just hurt, but has knowledge. Knowledge of male supremacy. Knowledge of what it is. Knowledge of what it … ▶
Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does not make choices in freedom. Instead, one conforms in body type and beh … ▶

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source: the phallic identities of men.

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