Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814781497 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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As this book shows, Strossen has a broad arsenal of vital arguments. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. . She ascribes feminist panic over sexual expression to a surge in "cultural feminism," which was a response to 1970s setbacks to more tangible feminist projects like the ERA. In practice, as recent Canadian cases show ominously, such censorship laws have been used to seize lesbian, gay and feminist material. The "MacDworkin" (MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin) proposed law to fight "subordinating" porn, Strossen argues, misreads evidence of its effects on men and ignores more influential media images like advertising as well as the complexity of female sexuality. Author tour. From Publish
Drake Donegal said One of the better books on the subject. A great book in the oft-forgotten polemic tradition. Strossen resists the temptation to attack the phony feminists for their political marriage with rightwing religious extremists, instead successfully following the arguments of the anti-porn moral police to their logical conclusion: an absolute end of any semblance of freedom of express. Harry J. Coffey said civil liberties. Excellent argument from civil liberties point of view. Very well written. Author was president of American Civil Liberties Union for 18 years; and a constitutional law professor.. The Big Picture Strossen's indignation of the 'MacDworkinites' is spot on and necessary in a world filled with political spin and personal ideologies. She defends the freedom of speech and the ideas that, as citizens, we hold very dearly. It is not enough to state that Strossen's arguments are logical, distinct, and thoughtful. Free expression and speec
In contrast, Nadine Strossen focuses on the women's rights-centered rationale for defending pornography.. Reissued with a new foreword and introduction by the authorTraditional explanations of why pornography must be defended from would-be censors have concentrated on censorship's adverse impacts on free speech and sexual autonomy