Scapegoat

Why do women continue to value their own lives less than those of the men they love? Where is the line between self-defence and violence? In this work, Andrea Dworkin explores the subject of scapegoating, illustrating how and why women and Jews have been stigmatized throughout history.

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Why do women continue to value their own lives less than those of the men they love? Where is the line between justifiable self-defence and violence? In this work, Andrea Dworkin explores the subject of scapegoating, illustrating how and why women and Jews have been stigmatized throughout history, and comparing the civil inequality, the prejudices and stereotypes that have framed identity for both groups. Taking the state of Israel as a paradigm and recounting stories from many ethnic groups, Dworkin traces the growth of male dominance in societies both old and new - a parasite that necessitates the subordination of women and the subordination of a racial or ethnic other. The book is an impassioned plea for women to challenge and destroy the authority of the men in their own ethnic group.