What is Andrea Dworkin?
[[File:Dworkin on After Dark.JPG|right|210px]] '''Andrea Rita Dworkin''' (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an [[Americans|American]] [[radical feminist]] and writer. Dworkin wrote ten books about radical feminism. She was most famous for saying that [[pornography]] hurts the women who participate in it and makes men who watch it believe harmful things about women. Her two most well known books are ''Pornography: Men Possessing Women'' (1981) and ''Intercourse'' (1987). In 1986, Dworkin's first [[novel]] ''Ice and Fire'' was published. ==Early life== Dworkin was born in [[Camden, New Jersey]]. She was raised in a [[Jewish]] household. In sixth grade she started writing [[poetry]]. In 1965 Dworkin was arrested during an anti-[[Vietnam War]] protest at the United States Mission to the United Nations. She was sent to the [[New York Women's House of Detention]]. ==Career== Dworkin's first feminist book ''Woman Hating'' was published in 1974. ''Our Blood: Prophesies and Discourses on Sexual Politics'' was published in 1976. In 2000 ''Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel And Women's Liberation'' was published. The book was inspired by a visit Dworkin made to [[Israel]] in 1988. The book compares the oppression of Jews to the oppression of women. In the book Dworkin says that women should have their own homeland like Jews have Israel. ==Personal life== Dworkin was a [[lesbian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/11907/index3.html|title=The Prisoner of Sex|website=NYMag.com}}</ref> Dworkin married Cornelius (Iwan) Dirk de Bruin in 1967. In 1971 they divorced. In 1998 she married [[John Stoltenberg]]. Stoltenberg is [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]]. In 1999 Dworkin was [[rape]]d in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/23/features.weekend|title=Andrea Dworkin: Through the pain barrier|first=Guardian|last=Staff|date=22 April 2005|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Dworkin died in [[Washington, D.C.]] when she was 58 from [[myocarditis]]. ==References==