• Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I’m sure that’s just a coincidence, and that anyone who mentions Dworkin is just very well read.

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      11 months ago

      That’s the sense I’m getting – that she’s a great source often-cited. I figured I was most likely just experiencing Baader-Meinhof.

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        11 months ago

        Andrea dworkin has some incredible points. And some that are a lot less palatable for modern feminists.

        I personally find her to be an often misguided, incredibly dedicated protector of women- I’m so glad she was formational in spreading modern feminism, but I have to double check what view of hers is cited. Sometimes she’s identifying a subtle pressure point in society as above, and sometimes she’s suggesting that men cannot have sex with women without being predatory, that heterosexual sex is inherently degrading to women and automatically statutory rape (obviously oversimplified). To be clear, I think that’s an interesting theory, and I can see using it as a thought experiment, but I think it’s very incorrect.