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1、AndreaDworkinDworkinonDworkinAndreaDworkintalksaboutherwork,herlifeandthefutureoffeminismwithElizabethBraemanandCarolCoxinthis,thefullversionofaninterviewfirstpublishedinthetenthbirthdayissueofOffOurBacks.ElisabethBraeman:ThethemeofLettersfromaWarZoneWritings1976-1989isth
2、atwomendonothavefreedomofspeech.Whatexactlydoyoumeanbythat?AndreaDworkin:Well,Ithinkthatourrestraintfrombeingabletoengageinspeechoperatesonmanylevels.There’sthesuperficiallevelofwhat'srequiredtogainaccesstomainstreammedia;theansweriscompleteandtotalconformity,notjuststyli
3、sticallybutintermsofcontent.Youhavetosaywhatfitsintheirpicture,whatitistheywanttohear.Ifyoudon’tdothatyouwillnotbeabletopublish;you’llhaveaterribletime.That’sacrosstheboard,foranypoliticalperson.Butitworksinamuchmoreruthlesswayforfeministsbecausementakefeministanalysisasa
4、sexualchallengeandexperienceitthatway,andthereforehaveaveryvisceralandvengefulreactiontopiecesof"speech”thattheydon’tlike.Theyexperience,Ithink,alotofradicalfeministwritingactuallyasifitwereasexualassaultonthem;andsincemostofthemdon’tknowwhatasexualassaultis,theyhavethepr
5、ivilegeofoverreactinginthatway.Then,onadeeperlevel,oneofthethingsI’velearnedinthelastfifteenyearsishowmuchwomenaresilencedthroughsexualabuse.Thesimpleexperienceofbeingabused,whetherasachildorasanadult,hasanincredibleimpactoneverythingaboutthewayyouseetheworldaroundyou,sot
6、hateitheryoudon'tfeelyoucanspeakbecauseyou’refrightenedofwhattheretaliationwillbe,oryoudon’ttrustyourexperienceofrealityenoughtospeak-thathappenstoalotofincestvictims.Oryouareactuallyphysicallykeptfrombeingabletospeak-*ReprintedfromTroubleandStrife(1990).203AndreaDworkinb
7、atteredwomendonothavefreedomofspeech.Soitoperatesonthatlevel.InLettersfromaWarZone,IquotedHannahArendt,whowasabrilliantwomanbutcertainlynofeminist,andherobservationthatwithoutfreedomofmovementyoucan’thavefreedomofanything.Andinfactmostofusstillliveasquasi-prisonersinorder
8、tomaintainsomekindofsafety.Ifyouthinkaboutalltheplaceswedon'tgo,alltheboundarieswehavetoacceptin