Defending pornography : free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights / Nadine Strossen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strossen, Nadine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--Social aspects--United States.

Pornography.

Pornography--Social aspects.

Feminist criticism.

United States.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Feminist criticism--United States.

Physical Description:

lvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First NYU Press paperback.

Other Title:

Free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2000.

Summary:

reissued with a new foreword and introduction by the author A passionately argued, cogently written, lively discourse on the increasingly peculiar politics of sex. --New York Times Book Review Defending Pornography is valuable precisely because of its lucid, broad exploration of the long debate over pornography. --The Washington Post Book World A triumphant (and sensual) view of women that stands in stark contrast to the bleak vision of powerlessness and paternalism offered her critics. --The Wall Street Journal Traditional explanations of why pornography must be defended from would-be censors have concentrated on censorship's adverse impacts on free speech and sexual autonomy. In contrast, Nadine Strossen focuses on the women's rights-centered rationale for defending pornography.

Contents:

1. The Sex Panic and the Feminist Split 17

2. Sexual Speech and the Law 37

3. The Fatally Flawed Feminist Antipornography Laws 59

4. The Growing Suppression of "Sexpression" 83

5. Revealing Views of Women, Men, and Sex 107

6. Defining Sexual Harassment: Sexuality Does Not Equal Sexism 119

7. "Different Strokes for Different Folks": The Panoply of Pornographic Imagination 141

8. Positive Aspects of Pornographic Imagery 161

9. Posing for Pornography: Coercion or Consent? 179

10. Would-Be Censors Subordinate Valuable Works to Their Agenda 199

11. Lessons from Enforcement: When the Powerful Get More Powerful 217

12. Why Censoring Pornography Would Not Reduce Discrimination or Violence against Women 247

13. Toward Constructive Approaches to Reducing Discrimination and Violence against Women 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814781497

OCLC:

43884491