![]() ![]() Or they have tried to pin a derogatory label on her, as Erica Jong did on The Donahue Show (In that instance, Jong simplistically reduced Dworkin's position to a discredited form of old-fashioned biological determinism.) Or they have isolated a controversial line or two, as The New York Times review did. Or they have attacked her recent novel Ice and Fire as a pornographic book. ![]() ![]() Instead of discussing the book, people have focused on her outspoken anti-pornography stand. ![]() I would have settled for an honest pan, provided the reviewer had been willing to wrestle with the ideas in the book.īut in review after review, and in talk show after talk show, all I have seen are distortions at best and, far more often, savage personal attacks on Dworkin. In the following review, Glasgow praises Intercourse as a groundbreaking book, one that "should be read, discussed, argued about passionately."įor more than two months, I have been waiting to read a decent, fair discussion of Andrea Dworkin's newest book, Intercourse. "Dworkin Critiques Relations between the Sexes." New Directions for Women (September-October 1987): 18-19. Intercourse JOANNE GLASGOW (REVIEW DATE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1987) ANDREA DWORKIN: TITLE COMMENTARY Intercourse ![]()
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