Intercourse (book)

Intercourse

Cover of the first edition
Author	Andrea Dworkin
Language	English
Subject	Sexual intercourse
Publisher	Free Press
Publication date	1987
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	257
ISBN	0-684-83239-9
OCLC	37625851
Dewey Decimal	306.7
LC Class	HQ

Intercourse is the fifth nonfiction book by American radical feminist writer and activist Andrea Dworkin. It was first published in 1987 by Free Press. In Intercourse, Dworkin presents a radical feminist analysis of sexual intercourse in literature and society.

She is often said to argue that "all heterosexual sex is rape", based on the line from the book that says, "Violation is a synonym for intercourse." However, Dworkin has denied this interpretation, stating, "What I think is that sex must not put women in a subordinate position. It must be reciprocal and not an act of aggression from a man looking only to satisfy himself. That's my point."^[1]