- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Women's Press Ltd,The (1 Nov 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0704338769
- ISBN-13: 978-0704338760
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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- #92 in Books > Science & Nature > History & Philosophy > Philosophy of Science > Ethics
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This volume presents a study of the damaging effect of pornography and its ramifications on society.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Thought provoking,
By Audio Sponge (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dworkin Andrea : Pornography (Pbk) (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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Extreme, but that's Dworkin for you,
By A Customer
This review is from: Pornography: Men Possessing Women (Paperback)
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:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eye-opening and innovative,
By A Customer
This review is from: Pornography: Men Possessing Women (Paperback)
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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