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History of Feminism

nomorenomore08

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16. Power over others (and its abuse) is really the crux of the problem. I think she was onto something

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 10:59 PM

Dec 2013

right there. And the fact that she was a Jew as well as a woman, who lived through the 20th Century with its virtually unprecedented atrocities, doubtlessly made her all the more sensitive to this reality.

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The Complete Works of Andrea Dworkin free for download: [View all] xulamaude Dec 2013 OP

I highly recommend Letters From A War Zone xulamaude Dec 2013 #1

ok. thank you for rec and for putting this in its own OP. i bookmarked. my son will seabeyond Dec 2013 #2

Enjoy! nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #5

Love this ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #3

24 Hour Truce xulamaude Dec 2013 #4

+1 MadrasT Dec 2013 #6

This will keep a certain nonhistorical group going for the next ten years BainsBane Dec 2013 #7

My pleasure! xulamaude Dec 2013 #9

Female Hitler??? I'm far from her biggest fan but that is just hilariously wrongheaded. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #11

To be fair BainsBane Dec 2013 #12

I know what you mean. Some guys just can't disagree without getting - you know - "hysterical." nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #13

I've never actually read anything by her gollygee Dec 2013 #8

Please do - you won't be sorry :) xulamaude Dec 2013 #10

She's awesome ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #14

Or this ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #15

Power over others (and its abuse) is really the crux of the problem. I think she was onto something nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #16

FWIW uppityperson Dec 2013 #17

That is perhaps the dumbest alert I have ever seen. And I've seen some doozies. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #18