Pornography: Men Possessing Women
By (Author) Andrea Dworkin
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
27th May 2025
25th February 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Ethical issues and debates
Gender studies, gender groups
Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
Sexual abuse and harassment
306.771
Paperback
336
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
245g
A landmark, searing critique of pornography that condemns how culture consumes and manipulates images of women and eroticises male dominance '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
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.