Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-vision.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!ubc-vision!mokhtar From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Pornography and Censorship, a woman's view + my view Message-ID: <1044@ubc-vision.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 22:58:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ubc-visi.1044 Posted: Tue Sep 17 22:58:28 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Sep-85 23:41:50 EDT Sender: mokhtar@ubc-visi.UUCP Organization: UBC Computational Vision Lab, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 19 Subject: Re: Pornography and Censorship, a woman's view > What I'd like to see, is an increase in awareness among the > people in our society that pornography is degrading to women > and promotes sexist attitudes, is exploitive of women, etc., > so that individuals in our society no longer condone > pornography. It is the change in attitudes that is > important. Did it ever occur to you that pornography can also be degrading to men? Only a sub-class of pornography is more degrading to women than it is to men. Farzin Mokhtarian ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I conclude, therefore, with regard to being feared and loved, that men love at their own free will, but fear at the will of the prince." Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com