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All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source: the phallic identities of men.

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Andrea Dworkin
Age: 58 †
Born: 1946
Born: September 26
Died: 2005
Died: April 9
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
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Camden
New Jersey
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