Anti-porn activists held a press conference in Minneapolis on July 25, 1984. This statement is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.263-264). Statement of Rev. Susan Wilhelm Most of my sex life with my ex-husband was very abusive. He had a lot of pornography around the house, both the slicks and […]
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Testimony in Minneapolis: Role of Porn in Child Sexual Abuse; Pornographers Perpetuate, Profit from Dysfunction
Minneapolis city officials received testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee in December 1983. These letters are published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.238-248). Letter of d.c., VOICE, Inc., December 5, 1983 …VOICE is […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: Exposed to Porn as a Child, Woman Behaves Like a Victim of Incest
Minneapolis city officials received testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee in December 1983. This letter is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.236-237). Letter of Marcia Kading, Special Project Coordinator, Family Nurturing Center, […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: Pornography contributes to women’s masochism, chronic depression, anxiety and lowered self-esteem; porn’s false promises to men
Minneapolis city officials received testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee in December 1983. This letter is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.228). Letter of Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D., December 7, 1983 Based on […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: With Growth of Porn, Rapists Show Less Remorse
Minneapolis city officials received testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee in December 1983. This letter is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.221-223). Letter of Robin Morgan, December 5, 1983 In twenty years […]
A Review of The Skinner Box Effect: Sexual Addiction and Online Pornography
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews T.M. Grundner, The Skinner Box Effect: Sexual Addiction and Online Pornography. This book was published by Writers Club Press of Lincoln, NE (2000). Dr. Grundner’s biographical note describes him as an early pioneer in the development of community-based computerized information services. A native of Clawson, Michigan (a small town north of […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: Social worker reports increased use of cameras in rapes, increased throat rapes, adult pornography used to coerce children
Minneapolis city officials received testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee in December 1983. This letter is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.214-215). Letter of Flora Colao, C.S.W., November 10, 1983 I have […]
Harvard Law Professor Frederick Schauer’s “The Boundaries of the First Amendment”; Government Regulates Many Kinds of Speech
Anti-porn activists have typically had to defend themselves against charges that they are carving out partisan exceptions to a constitutional principle whose effectiveness, maybe even sacredness, derives from its neutrality. Justice, it seems, is never more blind than when she is reading Hustler. However, one might argue that the application of the First Amendment to […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: Offenders Use Porn to Convince Children that Child Sex is Normal and Pleasurable
Minneapolis city officials heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 13, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.176-178). Testimony of Sherry Arndt …I am a moderator and trainer […]
Testimony in Minneapolis: Prostitutes Blackmailed with Porn
Minneapolis city officials heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn, those who consume porn and those who produce it at a hearing of the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 13, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.175-176).Testimony of Sue Santa I work with a local nonprofit private […]