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Intercourse Kindle Edition

by Andrea Dworkin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 112 ratings
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Andrea Dworkin, once called "Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism of two generations of feminists. Now the book that she's best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century. Intercourse enraged as many readers as it inspired when it was first published in 1987. In it, Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of women's subordination to men. (This argument was quickly-and falsely-simplified to "all sex is rape" in the public arena, adding fire to Dworkin's already radical persona.) In her introduction to this twentieth-anniversary edition of Intercourse, Ariel Levy, the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs, discusses the circumstances of Dworkin's untimely death in the spring of 2005, and the enormous impact of her life and work. Dworkin's argument, she points out, is the stickiest question of feminism: Can a woman fight the power when he shares her bed?
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    351 pages
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    English
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    Basic Books
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    1 Aug. 2008
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"The most shocking book any feminist has yet written." Germaine Greer"

About the Author

Andrea Dworkin was the co-author, with Catharine A. MacKinnon, of civil rights legislation recognizing pornography as legally actionable sex discrimination. She wrote eleven books, including Pornography, Heartbreak, and Scapegoat. She died in April 2005 in Washington, D.C. Ariel Levy is a contributing editor at New York magazine, and the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs. She lives in New York City.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XN5GJDK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books (1 Aug. 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 548 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 351 pages
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Elsa Machado
5.0 out of 5 stars love the book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2016
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love the book!! Dworkin's militant, excessive and even wounded style make sme think about the underlying violence attendant in all heterosexual relations
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Siofra Dempsey
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2015
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Required reading for all feminists, both male and female.
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Sideshowsu
4.0 out of 5 stars Outraged!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2006
I have to agree with the previous comment. Such radical views will of course always recieve backlash and criticism. This should not be seen as negative. Free speech is what we should be striving for, even if such views anger us.

The power of our white, patriachal societies are still very much invisible in western society and thus STILL need to be challenged. There is still a long way to go for women to become equals. I resent (and laugh at) such comments as, 'You can't say such radical comments about other minority groups' as it is a very different situation. I know the angle this argument is coming from, however I think ignorant racism that has no rational grounding and a feminist argument are v.different issues. We may not all agree with Dworkin's radical thinking, but it is vital to keep her work alive so we can build, adapt and analyze it so as to understand and progress the women's movement. I resent the immature and ridiculous comment about Dworkin's alleged rape. Whatever your own personal view, such comments are pathetic and completely uncalled for.
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anon
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2016
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Essential feminist reading
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Amanda
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the lies about this.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2018
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This book is unfairly villified. Andrea Dworkin does not say in this book that all PiV heterosexual sex is rape. She does say that in a patriarchal society sexual intercourse with a man is to a woman's disadvantage, and given the depressing choices many women seem to be constrained to make regarding partners, she has a very good point. What she portrays as sexual intercourse is not worth having if that's all it can be. It's difficult to get the balance right between taking her experience seriously and acknowledging that other, more positive experiences other people have had are equally valid.
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Peter John Dunne
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2015
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Found this book actually quite boring and not very enjoyable and there are no illustrations or pictures inside either.
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Mediaevalgirl
2.0 out of 5 stars So-so, but important read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2017
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Not a fan of this book or her writing style. The message is important but it's obscured by the writing. I found it dragged in some places and was overly repetitive. I read this because it's considered "part of the canon" but it was disappointing.
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Ana
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro
Reviewed in Mexico on 22 April 2024
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Un libro excelente, más bien desde la filosofía. Para quienes estén interesados en el tema y sepan de filosofía, lo recomiendo mucho.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on 1 July 2016
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Great book. Fast shipping
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Emma
5.0 out of 5 stars It is like handling hot coals
Reviewed in the United States on 1 February 2015
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It is like handling hot coals. Every word seared into me. It is true. It is more truth than I have ever seen condensed into 194 pages. It needs to be digested in small parts. Still, it burns.

I don't even understand the criticisms of this book. It is a story about misogyny. It is a treatise on misogyny. It is a revelation and a manifesto on misogyny. It is the clearest exposé of misogyny I have ever read. In this instance, sex in the engine of misogyny.

If you do not think this is the story of misogynistic sex, I am assuming you have never seen a sex scene on television or in a film, or perhaps have never been on the internet but to write inarticulate reviews of feminist books? No, I am not assuming this. I am understanding you have interiorized so much misogyny you are engulfed in it and have no desire to be separated from it.

This is a work of genius.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This was the first piece of feminist literature I have ...
Reviewed in the United States on 14 June 2016
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This was the first piece of feminist literature I have read. To put it quite simply, I was blown away. Dworkin reaches into the pages of the pass and explains in clear and often fervent language just how awful women have been treated. As you read more the parallels to modern society begin to creep in and it becomes clear to see how far we still have to go for a truly equal society. The book is offensive, jarring, and filled with brutal honesty and I don't agree with everything Dworkin says but I am motivated to want to learn as much as I can about the issues that are presented and to figure out what I do believe when it comes to gender, sexuality, and equality.
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sara
4.0 out of 5 stars Mighty good read
Reviewed in Canada on 19 February 2022
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Fast delivery. Print is low quality, but the words are all there, and the format is good. My first read of Dworkin and I was surprised by the poetry of it. Breathtaking at times. Highly recommended.
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