It is true, and very much to the point, that women are objects, commodities, some deemed more expensive than others - but it is only by asserting one’s humanness every time, in all situations, that one becomes someone as opposed to something. That, after all, is the core of our struggle.
Andrea Dworkin, Woman Hating
Andrea Dworkin, Woman Hating
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Anti-Porn Feminists 
Please explain to a naive non-dom and non-sub what is a sub? I mean I assume th sub is submitting but it sounds so horrendous why even begin? Is this paid for or ‘apparently’ consensual?
It’s short for ‘submissive’.
I would suggest reading through the anti-BDSM posts in the ‘Recommended Posts from this Blog’ menu in the side bar.