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From: al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.social,net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: Possible Ban on Pornography
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Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 21:54:01 EDT
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> --
> > Just to put my $.02 in, I resent the feminist attempt to change the
> > definition of the word, "pornography".  Pornography is any literature
> > or media show produced with the intention of causing sexual excitement
> > i.e. designed to appeal to the pruriant (sp?) interest.  Oppression
> > and defamation of women is a completely orthogonal issue.
> > 
> > 	Frank Silbermann
> 
> Sorry, Frank, you can't simply define away the problem.  The fact is
> that a lot of what is commonly considered "pornography" does
> "defame" women, and it contributes toward attitudes that legitimize
> their oppression.  What you call a "feminist" attempt to modify

Much (most?) "hard-core pornography" is simply pictures of people
engaged in sex acts.  It is utterly symmetrical with respect to sex
roles. Which is most demeaning to women, a "made for TV movie" that
shows a woman falling in love with her rapist, a popular drive-in
movie that shows women being cut up with chainsaws or a picture of people
engaging in what appears to be mutually enjoyable sexual activity?
The feminists who crusade against "pornography" (i.e. erotica) are
way off track.

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