Overall, a great book for those interested in radical feminism and understanding the ideas of an outspoken leader in the feminist movement. With great fire in her voice, she drives her message home: all heterosexual sex occurs within the context of male domination. While this literature review did not always feel 100% coherent and cohesive, Dworkin fills her writing with passion and a sharp intelligence that cuts away at patriarchal BS. She draws on a wide range of allusions to build her argument, ranging from Joan of Arc's refusal of submissive femininity, to the glorification of women's subordination to men in Dracula, to how writers construct sex in problematic ways like in Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata and much more. I appreciate how Dworkin addresses objectification, pornography, and the politicization of women's bodies in Intercourse. The woman cannot exist before or during the act as a fully realized, existentially alive individual." She has to look a certain way, be a certain type - even conform to preordained behaviors and scripts - for the man to want to have intercourse and also for the man to be able to have intercourse. "Intercourse is frequently performed compulsively and intercourse frequently requires as a precondition for male performance the objectification of the female partner. For example, she analyzes sex in this passage: Rather, she addresses how aspects of sexism seep into sexual relationships between women and men. People think that Dworkin said that "all heterosexual sex is rape," when she said no such thing.
Andrea Dworkin does the opposite of shy away she tackles sex head on, calling out how sexism affects sex to the detriment of many women.
In the United States, sex is everywhere, yet a lot of us shy away from discussions about sex even when those discussions would bring great benefits.
A radical feminist text that critiques how heterosexual sex often subjugates women within a patriarchal society.
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