Pornography
Men Possessing Women
Published on 25. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-241-73594-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Pornography is the orchestrated destruction of women's bodies and souls ... it is war on women'
Pornography, Andrea Dworkin argued in this landmark work, is about power: the power of owning, of money, of sex. It is not merely violence against women, but the essential DNA of male dominance. As images of women's bodies continue to be manipulated and consumed, her searing, fearless critique of pornographic media is more urgent and discomfiting than ever.
'A major text for our time' Adrienne Rich
'Dworkin writes with power, anger, daring - and from a great care and love of womankind' Alice Walker
'The woman who showed us the dark core of pornography, the punishing hatred of women that pervades it' Guardian
Pornography, Andrea Dworkin argued in this landmark work, is about power: the power of owning, of money, of sex. It is not merely violence against women, but the essential DNA of male dominance. As images of women's bodies continue to be manipulated and consumed, her searing, fearless critique of pornographic media is more urgent and discomfiting than ever.
'A major text for our time' Adrienne Rich
'Dworkin writes with power, anger, daring - and from a great care and love of womankind' Alice Walker
'The woman who showed us the dark core of pornography, the punishing hatred of women that pervades it' Guardian
Reviews / Votes
Unnervingly prescient... If her first book, Woman Hating, and the later Pornography: Men Possessing Women, speak to a culture that has only grown the more violently misogynistic since they were published - their arguments have new urgency in a world of "incels" and 24/7 porn * Guardian * Bold, courageous and erudite... It is in Pornography that Dworkin's exploration of male power is most fully formed and convincing * Prospect * She is a genius: her words leap from the page into 2025 and demand we expect more... Andrea Dworkin, this flawed, abhorred, ruthless woman bellows down the decades to shock us out of our stupor; you'd be a fool not to listen * UnHerd *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-73594-7 (9780241735947)
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Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005) was an American radical feminist activist and writer, and leading thinker in the second wave feminist movement. She is the author of 12 books, including Pornography, Right-Wing Women, Woman Hating, Intercourse, and more.