An iconic study of why women turn to right-wing politics - exploring questions of abortion, homosexuality, work and family, and more'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
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
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.
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