| Description |
320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
The sex panic and the feminist split -- Sexual speech and the law -- The fatally flawed feminist antipornography laws -- The growing suppression of "sexpression" -- Revealing views of women, men, and sex -- Defining sexual harassment: sexuality does not equal sexism -- "Different strokes for different folks": the panoply of pornographic imagination -- Positive aspects pornographic imagery -- Posing for pornography: coercion or consent? -- Would-be censors subordinate valuable works to their agenda -- Lessons from enforcement: when the powerful get more power |
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Why censoring pornography world not reduce discrimination or violence against women -- Toward constructive approachs to reducing discrimination and violence against women |
| Summary |
Strossen argues that to view sexuality and sexually oriented expression as inherently dangerous does profound damage to women's rights because censorship is used to repress information vital to female equality, health and reproductive autonomy |
| Analysis |
Pornography |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster , 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminism -- United States.
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Feminist criticism -- United States.
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Pornography -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0349107653 (paperback) |
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