Talk:Andrea Dworkin

• "Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension of whatever still survives. Men especially love murder. In art they celebrate it, and in life they commit it. They embrace murder as if life without it would be devoid of passion, meaning, and action, as if murder were solace, stilling their sobs as they mourn the emptiness and alienation of their lives" - Andrea Dworkin

• "Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by tragedy and defeat. Men have claimed the earth, called it 'Her'. Men ruin Her. Men have airplanes, guns, bombs, poisonous gases, weapons so perverse and deadly that they defy any authentically human imagination" - Andrea Dworkin, Pornography: Men Possessing Women

• "On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative, in every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom" - Andrea Dworkin, Pornography: Men Possessing Women

Not sure how to characterize the above. Much of it is actually a good critique of society in general. There are indeed men who love murder and war, theft and violence - and who oppose freedom. --Ed Poor ^Talk 17:07, 21 March 2008 (EDT)

Two minor points. She 'was' rather than 'is' a feminist, having died in 2005. And she was married. To a chap. So her antipathy towards males and the institution of marriage was perhaps not as absolute as you suggest. FrankNugent 07:23, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

You are welcome to correct the article; I made no suggestion but was only going by her own statement in an interview.

• "Q: People think you are very hostile to men."
• "A: I am." [1]

Quality of article

I'm sorry, when you dismiss one of the most influential feminists of the century, by just mentioning her opposition to marriage. How about her spearheadign the campaign against pornography. Why do almost all of your articles start with this one line?

While you were writing this critique, I was adding her opposition to pornography (an article which I also updated a moment ago). Try to be a bit more positive, okay? --Ed Poor ^Talk 08:34, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

About what? The user formerly known as DLerner 08:44, 22 March 2008 (EDT)