by Andrea Dworkin
““[...]It means that a woman naturally resists force because she wants to be conquered by it. It means that the violence she resists is ultimately what she values. It means that she is responsible for giving violence its sexual value by selecting the violent male. It demands that one believe that once the violent male has captured her, it is she who has selected, she who has made the choice. This is the fate of the metaphysical victim: to be seen as responsible for the violence used against her.”
“[...]It means that a woman naturally resists force because she wants to be conquered by it. It means that the violence she resists is ultimately what she values. It means that she is responsible for giving violence its sexual value by selecting the violent male. It demands that one believe that once the violent male has captured her, it is she who has selected, she who has made the choice. This is the fate of the metaphysical victim: to be seen as responsible for the violence used against her.”
A map of atrocities laid out as a ouija board. Dworkin’s specter moves the planchette in a pattern that we already know.
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Putnam
ISBN 10: 0399126198
