Right-wing Women

An iconic study of why women turn to right-wing politics - exploring questions of abortion, homosexuality, work and family, and more

`Feminism is hated because women are hated`

Why do some women support Right-wing movements, even though they curtail their freedoms? Andrea Dworkin`s timeless, visionary analysis goes to the heart of this contradiction, exploring the Right`s positions on abortion, sexuality, racism and antifeminism, and showing how it attempts both to exploit and to quiet women`s deepest fears of male violence. The Right-wing woman, Dworkin contends, acquiesces to male authority for protection and some semblance of power- because `survival depends on it`.