Loved itJust like in yesteryear, Andrea Dworkin is both absolutely scathing of these Christian women, but also remains empathetic. Her main take ... is that a lot of Christian or right-wing women see the reality of society...
Right-wing women (1983)
Others: Positive What does the Right offer to women? How does the Right mobilize women? Why is the Right succeeding in opposing women's rights? With the stark precision and forceful passion that characterize all of her work, Andrea Dworkin answers these timely questions. And by providing the first clear analysis of the impact on women of the Right's position on abortion, homosexuality, anti-Semitism, female poverty, and antifeminism, she demonstrates how the Right attempts both to exploit and to quiet women's deepest fears. — From the reverse cover.
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