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In reply to the discussion: Andrea Dworkin NEVER said "all sex is rape" [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)ideas either. Thing is, some quotes of hers make her sound totally reasonable, whereas others (such as those you alluded to) make her sound, frankly, a bit insane.
One thing I can agree with her on is the conflation of sex and violence, and of consensual sex and rape, by the larger society. Like it or not, quite a few guys really do view sex as an act of dominance, and get off on that "fact." Many of these same men also tend not to be too concerned whether their sexual partners are particularly consenting or not. Doesn't mean that sex is a bad thing, or that people's everyday sexual relationships are necessarily violent or coercive. Just that a lot of our culture's ideas about sex are deeply fucked up - not that Dworkin wasn't deeply fucked up in her own way.
Like with any "thinker," I just take what resonates with me and leave the rest.