Defending pornography : free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights / Nadine Strossen.
Strossen, Nadine, author.
2024
HQ472.U6 S87 2024
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Title
Defending pornography : free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights / Nadine Strossen.
Author
Strossen, Nadine, author.
Edition
2024 edition.
ISBN
9781479830800 electronic book
1479830801 electronic book
Published
New York : New York University Press, 2024.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Call Number
HQ472.U6 S87 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.47
Summary
A new edition of a groundbreaking, feminist defense of pornography as free speechNamed 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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"With a new preface"--cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the 2024 Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition by Wendy Kaminer
Introduction to the Second Edition
Half Title
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Sex Panic and the Feminist Split
2. Sexual Speech and the Law
3. The Fatally Flawed Feminist Antipornography Laws
4. The Growing Suppression of "Sexpression"
5. Revealing Views of Women, Men, and Sex
6. Defining Sexual Harassment: Sexuality Does Not Equal Sexism

7. "Different Strokes for Different Folks": The Panoply of Pornographic Imagination
Photography
8. Positive Aspects of Pornographic Imagery
9. Posing for Pornography: Coercion or Consent?
10. Would-Be Censors Subordinate Valuable Works to Their Agenda
11. Lessons from Enforcement: When the Powerful Get More Power
12. Why Censoring Pornography Would Not Reduce Discrimination or Violence against Women
13. Toward Constructive Approaches to Reducing Discrimination and Violence against Women
Notes
Index

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