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Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny it is the political defense of women hating.

Andrea Dworkin

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Andrea Dworkin
Age: 58 †
Born: 1946
Born: September 26
Died: 2005
Died: April 9
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Andrea Rita Dworkin
Hate
Feminism
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Women
Feminist
Hated
Defense
Misogyny
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Patriarchy
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Fearless

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