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Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.
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
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Camden
New Jersey
Andrea Rita Dworkin
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