Andrea Dworkin testified before the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography on January 22, 1986. She writes, Numerous civil liberties folks, including pro-pornography “feminists”, had already testified in other cities. I spoke to the Commission because my friends, feminists who work against pornography, asked me to. Every effort was made by the pro-pornography lobby to discredit […]
Impact of Porn
Towns Across Massachusetts Use Zoning to Regulate Adult Businesses
A quick search of Google reveals how numerous towns and cities across Massachusetts are using zoning to regulate adult businesses. These towns recognize the harmful “secondary effects” that adult businesses often impose on their surroundings. Here is a sample:Fitchburg (PDF)Section 181.6: “It is the purpose of this section to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to […]
Neighbors of Porn Shop to Include Homes, School of Dance, Counseling Centers and Churches
NPN took a walk around 135 King Street to see who will be next to Capital Video’s proposed porn shop. Directly across North Street is the Northampton School of Dance and ServiceNet. The latter provides mental health counseling. A little further down King Street, still within sight of the porn shop, is Saint Valentine’s Church, […]
Resources to Keep Porn Shops Out of Communities
National Obscenity Law Centerhttp://www.moralityinmedia.org/nolc/index.htm Key Court Cases and Land-Use Studies on the Secondary Effects of Adult Businesses http://www.ccv.org/SOB_Data/Key_Documents… Sample Petition to Regulate Strip Clubs and Adult Businesseshttp://www.ccv.org/CDA_Petition…pdf Testimony of Porn Victims, with Resources for Counselinghttp://www.victimsofpornography.org/
Impact of Porn Shops on a Community
From the Report of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Working Group on the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses (1989): “The Working Group heard testimony that a concentration of sexually oriented businesses has serious impacts upon the surrounding neighborhood. The Working Group heard that pornographic materials are left in adjacent lots. One person reported to the police […]