DWORKIN, ANDREA
Andrea Dworkin is a radical feminist writer and activist concerned with illuminating and clarifying sexual and social values, who seeks to create
a world in which men have no dominion over
women. Famous for making pointed statements
such as “I am a feminist . . . not the fun kind,”
Dworkin is considered an extremist by most
people familiar with her work, including many
of her fellow feminists. She has zealously advo-
cated the CENSORSHIP of all PORNOGRAPHY,
which, she says, degrades women, discriminates
against them as a class, and incites men to sexual
violence.
With Professor Catherine MacKinnon of the
University of Michigan Law School, Dworkin has
championed antipornography ordinances for
several cities in the United States. The two also
