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1、ProstitutionandMaleSupremacybyAndreaDworkinCopyright©1993,1994byAndreaDworkin.Allrightsreserved.[AndreaDworkindeliveredthisspeechatasymposiumentitled"Prostitution:FromAcademiatoActivism,"sponsoredbytheMichicanJournalofGenderandLawattheUniversityofMichiganLawSchool,October31,1992.]I'mv

2、eryhonoredtobeherewithmyfriendsandmypeers,mysistersinthismovement.Ialsofeelanawfullotofconflictaboutbeinghere,becauseitisveryhardtothinkabouttalkingaboutprostitutioninanacademicsetting.It'sreallydifficult.Theassumptionsofacademiacanbarelybegintoimaginetherealityoflifeforwomeninprostit

3、ution.Academiclifeispremisedonthenotionthatthereisatomorrowandanextdayandanextday;orthatsomeonecancomeinsidefromthecoldfortimetostudy;orthatthereissomekindofdiscourseofideasandayearoffreedominwhichyoucanhavedisagreementsthatwillnotcostyouyourlife.Thesearepremisesthatthosewhoarestudent

4、shereorwhoteachhereactoneveryday.Theyareantitheticaltothelivesofwomenwhoareinprostitutionorwhohavebeeninprostitution.Ifyouhavebeeninprostitution,youdonothavetomorrowinyourmind,becausetomorrowisaverylongtimeaway.Youcannotassumethatyouwilllivefromminutetominute.Youcannotandyoudonot.Ifyo

5、udo,thenyouarestupid,andtobestupidintheworldofprostitutionistobehurt,istobedead.Nowomanwhoisprostitutedcanaffordtobethatstupid,suchthatshewouldactuallybelievethattomorrowwillcome.Icannotreconcilethesedifferentpremises.Icanonlysaythatthepremisesoftheprostitutedwomanaremypremises.Theyar

6、etheonesthatIactfrom.Theyaretheonesthatmyworkhasbeenbasedonalloftheseyears.Icannotaccept--becauseIcannotbelieve--thepremisesofthefeminismthatcomesoutoftheacademy:thefeminismthatsayswewillhearallthesesidesyearafteryear,andthen,someday,inthefuture,bysomeprocessthatwehavenotyetfound,wewi

7、lldecidewhatisrightandwhatistrue.Thatdoesnotmakesensetome.Iunderstandthattomanyofyouitdoesmakesense.Iamtalkingacrossthebiggestculturaldivideinmyownlife.IhavebeentryingtotalkacrossitfortwentyyearswithwhatIwouldconsidermarginalsuccess.Iwanttobringusbacktobasics.Prostitution:whatisit?Iti

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