"I represent the morbid side of the women's movement. I deal with the shit, the real shit. Robin Morgan calls it "atrocity work." And that's pretty much what it is." p. 133

Feminism: An Agenda

Andrea Dworkin, 1983

Why does Shulamith Firestone say that the "sex class" is invisible?

By the third paragraph of this essay Andrea Dworkin has given four major reasons for women's oppression. What are they?

What is the relationship between the women's movement and knowledge?

Dworkin give five major defining characteristics of the women's movement. What are they?

According to Dworkin, what are the defining characteristics of the women's movement?

What does Dworkin think is the fundamental reason for women's subordinate position in society?

How does Dworkin define women as a class? Do you agree?

Dworkin places a lot of her analysis of women's oppression on lack of physical integrity. Why does she think the understanding of these harms is so important to understanding women's condition in society?

Dworkin says that all men benefit from rape. How does she justify this statement?

According to Dworkin what are the meanings of forced pregnancy and abortion to women's reproductive rights?

What connection does Dworkin see between women's economic dependency and sexual availability?

"..the thing I believe in most....is the importance of vision in the midst of what has to be done, never forgetting for one minute the world that you really want to live in and how you want to live in it and what it means to you and how much you care about it - what you want for yourselves and what you want for the people that you love."  p. 152