In the early 1980s she had a public row with her former friend Allen Ginsberg over his support for child pornography and pedophilia, in which Ginsberg said, "The right wants to put me in jail," and Dworkin responded, "Yes, they're very sentimental; I'd kill you."
A principio dos oitenta tivo unha discusión pública co seu antigo amigo Allen Ginsberg sobre o seu apoio á pornografía infantil e pedofilia, na cal Ginsberg dixo «o dereito quere pórme no cárcere», ao que Dworkin respondeu «si, son moi sentimentais; eu mataríate».