--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: One can know everything and still be…" description: "\"One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imm..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png" --- # One can know everything and still be unable to accept the… ![“One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imminent possibly of the other is unthinkable and impossible.” quote by Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png) > “One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imminent possibly of the other is unthinkable and impossible.” [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. She claims that sex and murder are intertwined in male consciousness, making it impossible to separate them. **In simple terms:** Male mind links sex with violence. Key Takeaway Question gendered violence. Themes gender violence psychology masculinity Mood provocative analytical Type feminist philosophical When to use this quote - gender studies classcounseling - policy making - media analysis Key Concepts feminist theory psychosexual dynamics Questions to Reflect On - What evidence supports this link? - Can society change male consciousness? A Different Perspective The claim may be overly deterministic. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Accept The Fact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accept-the-fact/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Consciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consciousness/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Feminist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminist/) [Impossible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impossible/) [Know Unable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-unable-1511199/) [Knows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/) [Males](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/males/) [Murder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder/) [Murder Fused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-fused-3429444/) [Philosophy of Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy-of-mind/) [Possibly Unthinkable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/possibly-unthinkable-3429443/) [Radical](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/radical/) [Radical feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/radical-feminism/) [Sex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sex/) [Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stills/) [Unthinkable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unthinkable/) [Unthinkable Impossible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unthinkable-impossible-2690699/) ## Related quotes > [It's amazing how many times in the Brexit process we have been told that something unthinkable or impossible for the government to countenance has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-allen/it-s-amazing-how-many-times-in-the-brexit-process-we-have-been-told/) [Heidi Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-allen/) > [Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-mumford/nothing-is-unthinkable-nothing-impossible-to-the-balanced-person/) [Lewis Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-mumford/) > [Live life to the fullest cause you never know when you will be unable to until it's too late](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mrawesome/live-life-to-the-fullest-cause-you-never-know-when-you-will-be-unable/) [MrAwesome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mrawesome/) > [I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-claudel/i-don-t-want-to-say-anything-because-i-know-i-am-unable-to-protect/) [Camille Claudel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-claudel/) > [“Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/many-women-i-think-resist-feminism-because-it-is-an-agony-to-be-fully/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [I'm a radical feminist, not the fun kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/i-m-a-radical-feminist-not-the-fun-kind/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/under-patriarchy-every-woman-s-son-is-her-potential-betrayer-and-also/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/heterosexual-intercourse-is-the-pure-formalized-expression-of/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [All men are rapists and that's all they are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/all-men-are-rapists-and-that-s-all-they-are/) [Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/) > [The institution of sexual intercourse is anti-feminist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ti-grace-atkinson/the-institution-of-sexual-intercourse-is-anti-feminist/) [Ti-Grace Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ti-grace-atkinson/) > [“Women hating men is not an aberrant or unexpected response, but rather natural response to being controlled, and to being viewed as less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleen-kearon/women-hating-men-is-not-an-aberrant-or-unexpected-response-but-rather/) [Coleen Kearon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleen-kearon/) > [And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-griffin/and-if-the-professional-rapist-is-to-be-separated-from-the-average/) [Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-griffin/) > [“The common perception is that man hating is solely a radical feminist practice. In my essay, I maintain that is neither radical nor particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleen-kearon/the-common-perception-is-that-man-hating-is-solely-a-radical-feminist/) [Coleen Kearon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleen-kearon/) > [ALL men keep ALL women in a state of fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-brownmiller/all-men-keep-all-women-in-a-state-of-fear/) [Susan Brownmiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-brownmiller/) > [We have to be careful in this era of radical feminism, not to emphasize an equality of the sexes that leads women to imitate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-burrows/we-have-to-be-careful-in-this-era-of-radical-feminism-not-to/) [Eva Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-burrows/) ## More by Andrea Dworkin > [Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/heterosexual-intercourse-is-the-pure-formalized-expression-of/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [There is no place on earth, no day or night, no hour or minute, when one is not a Jew or a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/there-is-no-place-on-earth-no-day-or-night-no-hour-or-minute-when-one/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/men-are-rewarded-for-learning-the-practice-of-violence-in-virtually/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [“Inferiority is not banal or incidental even when it happens to women. It is not a petty affliction like bad skin or circles under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/inferiority-is-not-banal-or-incidental-even-when-it-happens-to-women/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [“Critiques of rape, pornography, and prostitution are “sex-negative” without qualification or examination, perhaps because so many men use these ignoble routes of access and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/critiques-of-rape-pornography-and-prostitution-are-sex-negative/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Surely the freedom of women must mean more to us than the freedom of pimps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/surely-the-freedom-of-women-must-mean-more-to-us-than-the-freedom-of/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [As I see it, our revolutionary task is to destroy phallic identity in men and masochistic non-identity in women--that is, to destroy the polar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/as-i-see-it-our-revolutionary-task-is-to-destroy-phallic-identity-in/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/the-will-to-domination-is-a-ravenous-beast-there-are-never-enough/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Feminism exists so that no woman ever has to face her abuser in isolation, alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/feminism-exists-so-that-no-woman-ever-has-to-face-her-abuser-in/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [“people ask, well, dont sweet things happen? yes, indeed, many sweet things, but sweet doesnt keep you from dying, making love doesnt keep you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/people-ask-well-dont-sweet-things-happen-yes-indeed-many-sweet-things/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Feminism is a political practice of fighting male supremacy on behalf of women as a class, including all the women you don't like, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-fighting-male-supremacy-on-behalf/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/as-long-as-there-is-rape-there-is-not-going-to-be-any-peace-or/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [Pornography reveals that male pleasure is inextricably tied to victimizing, hurting, exploiting; that sexual fun and sexual passion in the privacy of the male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/pornography-reveals-that-male-pleasure-is-inextricably-tied-to/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [The man takes a body that is not his, claims it, sows his so-called seed, reaps a harvest - he colonizes a female body,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/the-man-takes-a-body-that-is-not-his-claims-it-sows-his-so-called/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) > [We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/we-have-a-double-standard-which-is-to-say-a-man-can-show-how-much-he/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Explore all 186 Andrea Dworkin quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) ## More Accepting quotes > [From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matilda-joslyn-gage/from-augustine-down-theologians-have-tried-to-compel-people-to-accept/) [Matilda Joslyn Gage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matilda-joslyn-gage/) > [Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/laughing-laughing-laughing-laughing-it-is-the-jester-a-voice-from-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/this-duo-inside-of-me-causes-the-perfect-opportunity-to-live-and/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-englert/there-is-something-about-the-south-that-accepts-the-supernatural-if/) [Alice Englert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-englert/) > [We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-only-enter-into-the-full-life-if-our-faith-gives-thanks-because/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/don-t-be-bitter-everybody-suffers-if-you-can-accept-your-suffering/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) > [It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-takes-an-unusually-philosophic-mind-to-accept-that-all-one-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/no-nation-being-under-another-nation-can-accept-gifts-and-kick-at-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-abel/even-with-clothing-naked-animals-there-were-people-who-wanted-to-send/) [Alan Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-abel/) > [Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-griffiths/society-understands-the-architecture-of-academia-and-knows-there-are/) [Jay Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-griffiths/) > [Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murphy/whatever-your-conscious-mind-assumes-and-believes-to-be-true-your/) [Joseph Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murphy/) > [Losing someone is easy, but accepting it is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/losing-someone-is-easy-but-accepting-it-is-hard/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/and-so-he-tried-to-accept-the-ache-in-his-heart-as-what-dr-larch/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-think-what-was-special-about-music-by-prudence-was-the-classic/) [Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/) > [As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pirjo-honkasalo/as-my-films-are-born-at-the-moment-when-they-are-reflected-into/) [Pirjo Honkasalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pirjo-honkasalo/) [Browse all 6,788 Accepting quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without the imminent possibly of the other is unthinkable and impossible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrea Dworkin" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-unable-to-accept-the-fact-that/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Accepting" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-unable-to-accept-the-fact-that/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/andrea-dworkin-1998_accepting_one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-una_1176066.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male…” — Andrea Dworkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Andrea Dworkin", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "One can know everything and still...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-unable-to-accept-the-fact-that/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/one-can-know-everything-and-still-be-unable-to-accept-the-fact-that/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```