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Pornography is the essential sexuality of male power: of hate, of ownership, of hierarchy of sadism, of dominance.

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
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Sadism
Essentials
Dominance
Hate
Hierarchy
Power
Pornography
Ownership
Sexuality
Male
Males

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