Tuesday, April 12, 2005
anti-freedom, anti-porn Right-WIng activist dies
The anti-porn ordinance was originally drafted for Minneapolis but vetoed by the mayor there. It was adopted by other communities, but later ruled unconstitutional.
"Pornography is used in rape _ to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act," Dworkin testified before the U.S. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography in 1986, according to a transcript on her Web site.
"Pornography is used in rape _ to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act," Dworkin testified before the U.S. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography in 1986, according to a transcript on her Web site.
# posted by J. Nathan : 11:33 AM
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i know very little about dworkin's writing, but i don't think i agree with her stance that pornography should be illegal.
that said, i think she raises some good points when she talks about the way that sex industry exploits people.
it doesn't seem to me porn promotes "freedom" in any meaningful way. porn largely relies on coercion either through sexual slavery, lack of economic opportunity, or using sexually traumatized people as its actresses and actors (the numbers on porn stars that have been sexually abused are incredible). i don't think it's an issue that should be legislated, but it certainly can be exploitative and really dehumanizing...
that's not to say that porn/erotica/nudity/whatever can't be empowering and liberating, but i think it's untrue most porn does that...
my two cents,
bob
that said, i think she raises some good points when she talks about the way that sex industry exploits people.
it doesn't seem to me porn promotes "freedom" in any meaningful way. porn largely relies on coercion either through sexual slavery, lack of economic opportunity, or using sexually traumatized people as its actresses and actors (the numbers on porn stars that have been sexually abused are incredible). i don't think it's an issue that should be legislated, but it certainly can be exploitative and really dehumanizing...
that's not to say that porn/erotica/nudity/whatever can't be empowering and liberating, but i think it's untrue most porn does that...
my two cents,
bob
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: April 13, 2005 12:59 PM
: April 13, 2005 12:59 PM
and further, i would argue that most sex workers become sex workers because of a lack of other good economic opportunities. there are some sex workers who go into it because that's what they want to do, but the majority do it out of need or out of otherwise less than ideal circumstances. if women who go into sex work had other opportunities that were attractive, most wouldn't do sex work.
david a.
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