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I have spent 20 years writing these books. Had I wanted to say men are beasts and scream, that takes 30 seconds.
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Modern Times Interview of Andrea Dworkin With Larry Josephson, on "Modern Times" (American Public Radio, 1992) (radio program) (transcript of tape (end of tape missing)), as accessed Sep. 5, 2010.

 

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