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Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power

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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
Feminism
Male
Males
Unimpeachable
Requires
Patriarchy
Power
Confronting
Women
Destroys
Bravery
Precisely

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