Right-Wing Women
Published on 25. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-241-73593-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Feminism is hated because women are hated'
Why do some women support Right-wing movements, even though they curtail their freedoms? Andrea Dworkin's timeless, visionary analysis goes to the heart of this contradiction, exploring the Right's positions on abortion, sexuality, racism and antifeminism, and showing how it attempts both to exploit and to quiet women's deepest fears of male violence. The Right-wing woman, Dworkin contends, acquiesces to male authority for protection and some semblance of power: because 'survival depends on it'.
'Groundbreaking' Bella Abzug
'Her razor-sharp analysis of why so many women are attracted to a politics that despises their rights is more relevant today than ever' Guardian
Why do some women support Right-wing movements, even though they curtail their freedoms? Andrea Dworkin's timeless, visionary analysis goes to the heart of this contradiction, exploring the Right's positions on abortion, sexuality, racism and antifeminism, and showing how it attempts both to exploit and to quiet women's deepest fears of male violence. The Right-wing woman, Dworkin contends, acquiesces to male authority for protection and some semblance of power: because 'survival depends on it'.
'Groundbreaking' Bella Abzug
'Her razor-sharp analysis of why so many women are attracted to a politics that despises their rights is more relevant today than ever' Guardian
Reviews / Votes
Unnervingly prescient... Right-Wing Women has plenty to say inadvertently about the devotion of Donald Trump's female supporters, even after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him * Guardian * Dworkin is methodical and learned but, unlike so many philosophical writers, she is also humane. This shines through especially in Right-Wing Women * Prospect * I sorely wish I had encountered Right-Wing Women as a teenager. For any future daughters of my own, it will be required reading -- Poppy Sowerby * UnHerd *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-73593-0 (9780241735930)
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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.