Dworkin

Dworkin
(1946– )
an extreme US feminist (= person who believes strongly that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men). She has written many books expressing her views, including Pornography: Men Possessing Women (1981), Intercourse (1987) and Life and Death (1997).

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