- Hardcover: 300 pages
- Publisher: Putnam (1 Jan 1981)
- ISBN-10: 0399126198
- ISBN-13: 978-0399126192
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Very interesting book, made me think in a slightly different way and question some of my own hidden traits. One thing lacking for me though is that I don't think She acknowledges women who actually want sexual satisfaction on their own terms, whether that's in a loving consensual relationship or whatever other means She wants to. I believe this must be and is possible. Maybe it was just a sign of her times though. God knows what She would have thought about the internet...
To end; Men are and have been horrible to women for so long it's really depressing.
To end; Men are and have been horrible to women for so long it's really depressing.
17 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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This book is certainly not bedtime reading. It is uncompromising. Unbelievably so. However, despite its polemical nature, the book is of immense value. Indispensable for anyone who wants an alternative side to the pornography debate, Dworkin illustrates with frightening savageness the dark, macabre side of male sexuality. After reading this book, you will never see the world in the same light again. This is no casual platitude. Be prepared - this book is disturbing.
However, this book is not without flaws. As with all her work, Dworkin is too extreme for most readers. Anti pornography sentiments are expressed far more objectively and coherently by Susan Griffin, in "Pornography and silence" and by Catherine Mackinnon in her work. Her ravaging of the male sexuality is actually self defeating; she will alienate many men who might have been convinced by the truths in her arguments. Her work is not backed up by real facts. The causal relationship of pornography and physical violence towards women is logical, but evidence does not actually support this. Also, her concentration on pornography with a violent content takes the focus away from pornography in general.
Nevertheless, it is essential reading to anyone with more than a passing interest in the pornography debate. I don't know if I agree with all she says, but what she has succeeded in doing is to make all who read "Pornography" stop and think about an issue that has gone too long ignored.
14 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Extreme admittedly, but not twisted, Andrea Dworkin's sexual philosophy is an indispensible aid to students of gender studies, power relationships and pornography. Although many readers (particularly male ones..) may not agree with her arguments, she is possibly one of the most misrepresented writers of our time. Direct and harsh on the surface, but if you think she's a twisted individual, open your eyes - this philosophy is echoed in centuries of literature. There can be nothing individual about that.
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An important book
I loved this book and think that everyone should read it, unfortunately considering the general opinion of Andrea Dworkin as a man hating extremist her words would only be... Read more
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Pornography Men Possessing Women is one of the most famous works of anti-pornography feminism. In it the author attempts to demonstrate that not only is the manufacture of... Read more
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Compelling, uncompromising, life-changing classic.
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