The language of Andrea Dworkin’s speech “I Want A Twenty-Four-Hour Truce During Which There Is No Rape” is harsh and demanding. This way of talking at other people can do one of two things: It will both draw attention and recruit them to side with the speaker, or turn them away from what is being said completely. Either way you perceive her speech, Andrea Dworkin states facts. She does not cloud her stated opinion with “pretty” phrases as other female rhetors do.
Dworkin said “Everybody raise your hand who believes you have the right to rape. Not too many hands will go up. It’s in life that men believe they have the right to force sex, which they don’t call rape.” While many men will disagree with this statement, she is stating facts about the beliefs of some men. This statement is false in that not every man truly, deep-down, believes it. However, it is true in that society does teach men and women both that men have authority over women in every aspect, including that men have the right to do whatever they please, sexually, with women, even if the woman does not concur to the action.
Society teaches us that men, exclusively, have the ability to hold higher-paying, better jobs than women. It teaches us that men, opposed to women, are allowed to be whatever they choose to be, whereas women must have a title labeling them by whether or not they “belong” to a man. This is the point Dworkin attempts to make in her speech: That men have power over women in every aspect, including willing and reluctant sexual situations. To which Dworkin reported “[P]ower… is the sum and substance of women’s oppression.” Were men not taught, from birth, that they could excel further than women; there would be no female oppression. Were men not taught that they are better, by right, than women; there would be no female oppression. Were men not taught that they have the ultimate power in this world over women; there would be no female oppression. Did men not hold that ultimate power, rapes and sex-related crimes against women would not take place.
Andrea Dworkin simply wants the men whom are not doing the raping, to, instead of insisting that they are not rapists and they do not do the crime, to take a stand and convince their fellow, guilty men to discontinue the crimes against women they are committing. However, yelling at men, telling them they are all rapists, will either force them to take a stand and prove her wrong, or become defensive and turned off to her goal. She said, “Tell the pornographers. Tell the pimps. Tell the war-makers. Tell the rape apologists and the rape celebrationists and the pro-rape ideologues… These men presume to speak for you. If they don’t, then you had better let them know.” Wherein she asking men to stop talking and do something. Dworkin does not believe that having a rapist’s nature is true of all men, but she is defining men by their weakest player, so to speak.
If the rapes were stopped, male dominance would decrease, allowing equality among the sexes to enhance and escalate in every aspect, let alone in sexual situations. If the innocent men took a stand against the guilty men, showing respect for women, their proclaimed beliefs in equality would be established rather than simply just verbalized. It is said that “seeing is believing” and the character of Sandy in the movie Grease says it best when she says “I’ll believe that when I see it.” As well, the ever-famous court-related quote “guilty until proven innocent”, are all perfect associations to Dworkin’s belief, “I will believe it when I see you on the streets… when I see an organized political opposition… when pimps go out of business because there are no more male consumers.” The demanding challenge to all men is to prove her wrong and to do something about it.
Dworkin said “Everybody raise your hand who believes you have the right to rape. Not too many hands will go up. It’s in life that men believe they have the right to force sex, which they don’t call rape.” While many men will disagree with this statement, she is stating facts about the beliefs of some men. This statement is false in that not every man truly, deep-down, believes it. However, it is true in that society does teach men and women both that men have authority over women in every aspect, including that men have the right to do whatever they please, sexually, with women, even if the woman does not concur to the action.
Society teaches us that men, exclusively, have the ability to hold higher-paying, better jobs than women. It teaches us that men, opposed to women, are allowed to be whatever they choose to be, whereas women must have a title labeling them by whether or not they “belong” to a man. This is the point Dworkin attempts to make in her speech: That men have power over women in every aspect, including willing and reluctant sexual situations. To which Dworkin reported “[P]ower… is the sum and substance of women’s oppression.” Were men not taught, from birth, that they could excel further than women; there would be no female oppression. Were men not taught that they are better, by right, than women; there would be no female oppression. Were men not taught that they have the ultimate power in this world over women; there would be no female oppression. Did men not hold that ultimate power, rapes and sex-related crimes against women would not take place.
Andrea Dworkin simply wants the men whom are not doing the raping, to, instead of insisting that they are not rapists and they do not do the crime, to take a stand and convince their fellow, guilty men to discontinue the crimes against women they are committing. However, yelling at men, telling them they are all rapists, will either force them to take a stand and prove her wrong, or become defensive and turned off to her goal. She said, “Tell the pornographers. Tell the pimps. Tell the war-makers. Tell the rape apologists and the rape celebrationists and the pro-rape ideologues… These men presume to speak for you. If they don’t, then you had better let them know.” Wherein she asking men to stop talking and do something. Dworkin does not believe that having a rapist’s nature is true of all men, but she is defining men by their weakest player, so to speak.
If the rapes were stopped, male dominance would decrease, allowing equality among the sexes to enhance and escalate in every aspect, let alone in sexual situations. If the innocent men took a stand against the guilty men, showing respect for women, their proclaimed beliefs in equality would be established rather than simply just verbalized. It is said that “seeing is believing” and the character of Sandy in the movie Grease says it best when she says “I’ll believe that when I see it.” As well, the ever-famous court-related quote “guilty until proven innocent”, are all perfect associations to Dworkin’s belief, “I will believe it when I see you on the streets… when I see an organized political opposition… when pimps go out of business because there are no more male consumers.” The demanding challenge to all men is to prove her wrong and to do something about it.
English 301 - advanced composition
Andrew Dworking analysis
Critical Response Journal #2
30 September 2010
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