Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.121-124). Testimony of Ms. B I used to be a resident of Minneapolis. I am simply going to relate what […]
Continue reading Testimony in Minneapolis: Porn and a Hostile Work Environment
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.114-120). Portions of it have appeared in earlier posts.Testimony of T. S. I am speaking for a group of women. […]
Continue reading Testimony in Minneapolis: Prostitutes and Porn (explicit language)
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.110-114). Portions of it have appeared in earlier posts. Testimony of R. M. M. At that time [age 21], I […]
Continue reading Testimony in Minneapolis: Porn and the Death Spiral of a Marriage
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.107-108). Testimony of Mr. C Obscene is not the word for pornography. Pornography is dangerous. I was battered by my […]
Continue reading Testimony in Minneapolis: Porn Condoned the Violence in Our Relationship
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.103-106). Testimony of E. M. I want to tell you how pornography has affected my life, how I am fighting […]
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.101-103). Testimony of Ms. M When I was thirteen, I was camping with the Girl Scouts in Northern Wisconsin. It […]
Continue reading Testimony in Minneapolis: Porn Present at Child Rape (explicit language)
Linda Marchiano, known as Linda Lovelace, is the star of perhaps the most famous porn film of all time, Deep Throat (1972). She gave this testimony to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. It is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.60-68). I literally became a prisoner. I […]
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Diana Russell, a longtime activist against pornography, has kindly permitted us to make Against Pornography available for downloading at no charge. Please use the links below.Dr. Russell is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Mills College, Oakland, California. She has been active in the women’s liberation movement since 1969, and is author or editor of 17 […]
There are other values besides free speech and a free market, says Andrea Dworkin in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.34-35). Those on the Left usually acknowledge this, except when it comes to sexual exploitation… He has a constitutional right to express himself, and if his art requires that she be the […]
Mass media often confuse their interests with those of pornographers, says Catharine MacKinnon in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.3-24). This is unnecessary and unfortunate, and has the effect of impoverishing the debate about porn and discrediting those opposed to porn. Until the publication of [In Harm’s Way], the public discussion of […]
Continue reading Catharine MacKinnon: Mass Media Reflexively, Subtly Protect Pornographers