Defending Pornography
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Defending Pornography

Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights

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eBook - ePub

Defending Pornography

Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights

About this book

A new edition of a groundbreaking, feminist defense of pornography as free speech

Named a Notable Book by The New York Times Book Review in 1995, Defending Pornography examines a key question that has divided feminists for decades: is censoring pornography good or bad for women? Nadine Strossen makes a powerful case that increasing government power to censor sexual expression, beyond the limits that the First Amendment sensibly permits (for example, outlawing child pornography) would do more harm than good for women and others who have traditionally been marginalized due to sex or gender, She explains how the very anti-porn laws pushed by some feminists have led to the censorship of LGBTQ+ and feminist works, and she examines the startling connections between anti-porn feminists and right-wing fundamentalists. In an illuminating new Preface, Strossen lays out the multiple current assaults on sexual expression, which continue to come from across the ideological spectrum. She shows that freedom for such expression remains an essential prerequisite for the equality, safety, and dignity of women and sexual/gender minorities.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the 2024 Edition
  7. Foreword to the Second Edition by Wendy Kaminer
  8. Introduction to the Second Edition
  9. Half Title
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. 1. The Sex Panic and the Feminist Split
  13. 2. Sexual Speech and the Law
  14. 3. The Fatally Flawed Feminist Antipornography Laws
  15. 4. The Growing Suppression of “Sexpression”
  16. 5. Revealing Views of Women, Men, and Sex
  17. 6. Defining Sexual Harassment: Sexuality Does Not Equal Sexism
  18. 7. “Different Strokes for Different Folks”: The Panoply of Pornographic Imagination
  19. Photography
  20. 8. Positive Aspects of Pornographic Imagery
  21. 9. Posing for Pornography: Coercion or Consent?
  22. 10. Would-Be Censors Subordinate Valuable Works to Their Agenda
  23. 11. Lessons from Enforcement: When the Powerful Get More Power
  24. 12. Why Censoring Pornography Would Not Reduce Discrimination or Violence against Women
  25. 13. Toward Constructive Approaches to Reducing Discrimination and Violence against Women
  26. Notes
  27. Index