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3.99 AVERAGE
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Dworkin is such an engaging writer and she really elucidates her challenging and controversial topics. This is genuinely the most interesting piece of feminist writing I have ever read.
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4-4.5--very strong, with several qualities that shine
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism
Only read when you're in the right headspace for it. Very important, (unfortunately) timeless, and informative but very, very heavy.
never has descriptions of something in a book made me feel this physically sick, a must-read for any woman who still thinks porn can be “feminist”
(reread) dworkin’s brain is something so revolutionary, reading this a second time has impacted me more than the first time, im so glad this has been re-published and hopefully it gets into the hands of more women! one of the most important messages is on the last page:
“We will know that we are free when the pornography no longer exists. As long as it does exist, we must understand that we are the women in it: used by the same power, subject to the same valuation, as the vile whores who beg for more. The boys are betting on our compliance, our ignorance, our fear. We have always refused to face the worst that men have done to us. The boys count on it. The boys are betting that we cannot face the horror of their sexual system and survive. The boys are betting that their depictions of us as whores will beat us down and stop our hearts. The boys are betting that their penises and fists and knives and fucks and rapes will turn us into what they say we are the compliant women of sex, the voracious cunts of pornography, the masochistic sluts who resist because we really want more. The boys are betting. The boys are wrong.”
(reread) dworkin’s brain is something so revolutionary, reading this a second time has impacted me more than the first time, im so glad this has been re-published and hopefully it gets into the hands of more women! one of the most important messages is on the last page:
“We will know that we are free when the pornography no longer exists. As long as it does exist, we must understand that we are the women in it: used by the same power, subject to the same valuation, as the vile whores who beg for more. The boys are betting on our compliance, our ignorance, our fear. We have always refused to face the worst that men have done to us. The boys count on it. The boys are betting that we cannot face the horror of their sexual system and survive. The boys are betting that their depictions of us as whores will beat us down and stop our hearts. The boys are betting that their penises and fists and knives and fucks and rapes will turn us into what they say we are the compliant women of sex, the voracious cunts of pornography, the masochistic sluts who resist because we really want more. The boys are betting. The boys are wrong.”
It’s difficult to talk against pornography without being disregarded as a moralist. Frigid. Overly religious. A kill-joy. Anything that makes you unworthy to listen to but worthy to mock. And even those who hear you are quick to conclude: “Ah, what’s the point? Nothing will change.”
Yet things always change, for better or worse. In this almost 50-year-old book, Dworkin breaks down everything despicable about pornography and those who benefit from it. Like many second-wave feminists, she believes pornography to be degrading, abusive, and even dehumanising to women. No buts or maybes. Worse, she says it’s dangerous—not only for those involved but for every woman dealing with a man who consumes it.
It feels unsettling and sickening to read this book. Dworkin’s opinions are as extreme as the stories she shares. There’s no room for discussion. She doesn't consider the other view, for that view is the only one society ever considers (and caters to).
The book is worth reading to gain an uncomfortable perspective, the reality you would rather not know. It’s great as long as you avoid being consumed by radicalities—the author wants pornography banned, finds all porn to be harmful, and has a negative bias against men. After all, it’s an extreme opinion; those should always be taken with scepticism.
3.5/5
Yet things always change, for better or worse. In this almost 50-year-old book, Dworkin breaks down everything despicable about pornography and those who benefit from it. Like many second-wave feminists, she believes pornography to be degrading, abusive, and even dehumanising to women. No buts or maybes. Worse, she says it’s dangerous—not only for those involved but for every woman dealing with a man who consumes it.
It feels unsettling and sickening to read this book. Dworkin’s opinions are as extreme as the stories she shares. There’s no room for discussion. She doesn't consider the other view, for that view is the only one society ever considers (and caters to).
The book is worth reading to gain an uncomfortable perspective, the reality you would rather not know. It’s great as long as you avoid being consumed by radicalities—the author wants pornography banned, finds all porn to be harmful, and has a negative bias against men. After all, it’s an extreme opinion; those should always be taken with scepticism.
3.5/5
“Any true man, ” he said with fervor, “is always ready to go with a woman at night. He is her natural protector. ” “Against what? ” I inquired. As a matter of fact, the thing a woman is most afraid to meet on a dark street is her natural protector. Singular.
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