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Right-Wing Women by Andrea Dworkin | Jews and Homosexuals | Chapter 4
Posted May 4, 2024 by Unicorn in FeministBooks

Welcome to another discussion post for Right-Wing Women: The Politics of Domesticated Females by Andrea Dworkin.

In this post, we are discussing Chapter 4 Jews and Homosexuals.

Share your thoughts on this chapter in the comments. (Feel free to also share thoughts and suggestions on the discussion post and bookclub structure itself.)

Anyone who hasn't read the book but wants to give input on the topics discussed are welcome to as well! (I recommend mentioning that you haven't read the chapter in your post, so people are aware of that when replying.)

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See you Saturday June 1st for Chapter 5!

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[Deleted]May 4, 2024

I am curious about this chapter. Dworkin was never one of my go-to feminist reads but I am curious what she has to say bc I've been thinking about this a lot: why we never talk about how central Jewish women's intellectual and emotional labor was/is to feminism, esp radical feminism. I saw a great talk about this--about how our cultural differences (I am Jewish) contribute to a culture of speaking out and standing up for ourselves--from a religion steeped in debate and argument (vs dogmatic, unquestioning 'faith' in the 'word of god' --replace with the word 'man' here) to the stereotype of the J.A.P., which is a gentile narrative to contain and denigrate the cultural value of women w/in Judaism.

I mean, look at this list! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_feminists I would add Barbra Streisand to it (watch Up the Sandbox for a 70s feminist film). [full disclosure: I find B.S. of this period maybe the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen and am just a wee bit in love with her]

Nearly every notable feminist is on this list.

Dressed2K1llMay 5, 2024

Her book Scapegoat; The Jews, Israel and Women’s Liberation is Phenomenal.

In fact, I am due to re-read it.

I have it in hardcover but it’s available online for free https://archive.org/details/scapegoatjewsisr0000dwor