Andrea Dworkin

“Heterosexuality is a political institution.”

“Pornography is the theory, and rape is the practice.”

“Feminism is a political practice of fighting male supremacy on behalf of women as a class, including all the women you don't like.”

“Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not politically correct or consonant with principles of feminism to mystify or obscure the feminist critique of men.”

“The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor impossible.”

“Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it - only then will we know what it is to be free.”

“The hurting of women is...basic to the sexual pleasure of men.”

“Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice.”

“Let's be clear. The sexual abuser is the one who is responsible. What the victim does...is irrelevant. It is the abuser who is responsible.”

“My prayer is that I will be a thorn in the consciousness of this culture until it changes.”

“Being a woman is not a matter of biology. It's a matter of politics.”

“To be against pornography is not to be against sex. It is to be against a particular industry.”

“The discovery is, of course, that we have the power to change our lives.”

“We have the right to be protected from sexual abuse. We have the right to be protected from sexual exploitation.”

“Romance is an illusion of love... an illusion of love that is destructive to women because it is based on erasing women's humanity.”