Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties

Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties

by Catherine Itzin
ISBN-10:
0198257554
ISBN-13:
9780198257554
Pub. Date:
08/12/1993
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198257554
ISBN-13:
9780198257554
Pub. Date:
08/12/1993
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties

Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties

by Catherine Itzin

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Overview

Does freedom of speech always play a more important role in society than the civil rights of certain members of that society? Is pornography an excuse to publish acts of violence? Many respected writers, both men and women, have contributed to this definitive collection of essays concerning pornography. Each has an individual view, but they all hold two beliefs in common: a passionate opposition to censorship and a vehement conviction that until pornography is eradicated, women's status can never be equal to men's. Thoroughly researched and passionately argued, these essays examine the possible causal links between pornography and rape, child abuse, and sexual inequality. Material from soft-porn to snuff movies is analyzed. This work includes interviews with alleged victims of pornography and professionals who have treated the alleged perpetrators of pornography-related violence. Contributors include Andrea Dworkin, Michael Moorcock, Catherine MacKinnon, James Check, Susanne Kappeler, Diana Russell, John Stoltenberg, Corinne Sweet, Tim Tate, and Ray Wyre. The Case Against Pornography is an important contribution to the anti-pornography debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198257554
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/12/1993
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 654
Product dimensions: 8.55(w) x 5.56(h) x 1.63(d)

About the Author

Catherine Itzin is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Violence, Abuse and Gender Relations Research Unit, Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Fact, Fiction and Faction1
Part 1The Pornography Industry And Its Product25
1.'Entertainment for Men': What It Is and What It Means27
Part 2Pornography And Power55
2.Pornography and the Social Construction of Sexual Inequality57
3.Pornography and Capitalism: The UK Pornography Industry: I Spy Productions76
4.Pornography: The Representation of Power88
5.Pornography and Racism: Sexualizing Oppression and Inciting Hatred102
6.Pornography and Child Sexual Abuse113
7.Maintaining Male Power: Why Heterosexual Men Use Pornography124
8.Pornography, Homophobia and Male Supremacy145
9.Pornography and the Politics of Lesbianism166
10.Pornography and Addiction: A Political Issue179
Part 3Pornography And Evidence Of Harm201
11.The Child Pornography Industry: International Trade in Child Sexual Abuse203
12.Images of Children in the Media: 'Soft Kiddie Porn'217
13.Women's Experience of Pornography: UK Magazine Survey Evidence222
14.Pornography and Sexual Violence: Working with Sex Offenders236
15.The Experimental Research Evidence: Effects of Pornography on the 'Average Individual'248
16.The Social Science and Psychological Research Evidence: Perceptual and Behavioural Consequences of Exposure to Pornography284
17.Pornography and Rape: A Causal Model310
18.The Effects of Violent Pornography, Nonviolent Dehumanizing Pornography, and Erotica: Some Legal Implications from a Canadian Perspective350
19.On the Question of Pornography and Sexual Violence: Moving Beyond Cause and Effect359
20.Pornography and Pollution: An Environmental Analogy384
Part 4Pornography And The Law399
21.Legislating Against Pornography without Censorship401
22.A Legal Definition of Pornography435
23.Pornography, Civil Rights and Speech456
Part 5Pornography, Censorship And Civil Liberties513
24.Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography and Equality515
25.Working in the Ministry of Truth: Pornography and Censorship in Contemporary Britain536
26.Pornography and Civil Liberties: Freedom, Harm and Human Rights553
Appendices587
1.Chronology of Anti-Pornography Initiatives in the UK589
2.Extracts from Letter to the Council for Periodical Distributors Associations from Gray and Co., 5 June 1986598
3.District Court of Ontario: R. v. Ross Wise, before the Hon. Judge H. R. Locke, Reasons for Judgment, June 1990603
Select Bibliography614
Organizations Concerned About or Active Against Pornography634
Copyright Credits636
About the Contributors640
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