Diane L. Rosenfeld is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School in Cambridge where she teaches courses on Title IX; Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice; and Theories of Sexual Coercion. She holds a J.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Diane Rosenfeld served as the Senior Counsel to the Violence Against Women Office at the U.S. Department of Justice before teaching at Harvard.
Diana E.H. Russell, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Mills College, is the author/co-author, editor/co-editor of 17 books, 3 of which are on pornography: Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography (1993), Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm (1994), and Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape (1998). Dr Russell has also engaged in numerous actions against pornography since 1976 when she helped found the San Francisco-based organization, Women Against Violence in Pornography & Media (WAVPM).
Dr Robi Sonderegger is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and expert consultant in trauma associated with sexual exploitation, human trafficking, war and natural disaster (with tens of thousands of refugees having graduated from his programs). He is also the Chief Executive of Family Challenge Australia, a nationally registered mental health charity that provides specialist psychology services in Australia and throughout the world.
Stella grew up in rural Victoria before living for some time in America. She worked in offices and restaurants while studying naturopathy before becoming a stripper. After exiting the sex industry she completed a Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University. She now lives with her partner of 10 years and their 3 daughters in the country. She hopes that by sharing her experience as a stripper, the unglamorous truth of the damage it does to women’s lives may be better understood.
Dr Chyng Sun is a Clinical Associate Professor of Media Studies at McGhee Division at School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University. In addition to various academic research on pornography, she is also the director for the documentary film The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality, and Relationships (2008),
Melinda Tankard Reist is a writer, speaker, blogger, media commentator and activist against violence against women, objectification of women and sexualisation of girls. Melinda is author/editor of 4 books including Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics (Spinifex Press, 2006) and Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009). Melinda’s opinion pieces appear frequently in Australian media and she is a regular on morning television and current affairs programs. She is a co-founder of Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. Melinda is named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women. Her Website is
Professor S. Caroline Taylor is Foundation Chair in Social Justice at Edith Cowan University, Australia. She is Founder and Chair of Children of Phoenix Inc., a charity that assists survivors of childhood abuse to rebuild their lives through education and mentoring. Dr Taylor is an academic, researcher, social commentator, advocate and provides specialist evidence in child abuse cases, and passionately supports the rights of children to live free from all forms of violence, discrimination and disadvantage.
Linda Thompson is from Northern Ireland where she was involved with youth work, community work and sexual health education, working with young people as peer educators on the HYPE project before moving into HIV and sexual health promotion in Scotland. She is currently the Development Officer with the Women’s Support Project and raises awareness of issues around commercial sexual exploitation as a form of violence against women. She is kept busy with a tornado of a toddler and, in her limited free time, volunteers with women’s and mother’s groups and is a breast-feeding advocate.
Dr Meagan Tyler is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Victoria University, Melbourne. She is a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA) and the Porn Cultures and Policy Network (PCPN). Her research has been published in Women’s Studies International Forum and Women and Therapy. Her book, Prostitution in Every Home? The pornographic and sexological construction of women’s sexuality in the West, is forthcoming with Cambridge Scholars Press.
Anna van Heeswijk has a First Class Honours Degree in International Relations and a Masters in Human Rights. Prior to working with OBJECT, Anna campaigned for Disability Rights and Young People’s Rights. As well as her feminist activism, she also leads Peer counselling workshops on overcoming the effects of racism, sexism, homophobia, classism and ageism on our lives.
Index
abortion in computer game 167–8
Abu Ghraib, interpretation of images from 11, 115–16
acquaintance rape 49
prevention program 49–51
‘addiction’ to pornography 96–100
avoidance of responsibility for 99–100
medical response to 96, 98–9
sex crimes and 100
Adler, Amy 211–12
Adult Video News
porn awards from 174
pornography reviews in 80, 128
research assistance from 172
statistics on porn use 4
strip clubs and pornography 139, 140–1
adultification of children
in child pornography 183
advertising see also marketing
as propaganda for capitalism 26
combating sexualisation in 282, 283
pornographic images in xiii
aggression, depiction of
adverse attitudinal effects of 74
analysis of 172–3
female actors portrayed as accepting 74
gender differences in 173
research on xix, 30, 70
Albury, Katherine 122, 131
Amazon.com, pornography-related material on 188, 209, 252–3
American Civil Liberties Union 36
American Psycho 10
Amy xxiii, xxv, 209–212, 215–219 see also ‘Misty Series’
anal sex
frequent depiction of 173
pornography used to encourage 79
teenage girls raped via 22
animals, pornography involving 63–8 see also bestiality
questioning consent in 64–5
Anti Porn Men Project 284–7
anti-porn campaigners see campaigns against pornography
Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group (APP) 288–90
Armanda, Asja xxv, 230–1, 232, 233, 235, 295
ass-to-mouth (ATM) sequence 173
beauty pageants
campaigning against 276, 283
pimping for prostitution via 152
bestiality 67 see also animals, pornography involving
bondage 29, 70
gay male pornography and 58
in music video 110
online 72
sex therapy and 80
sex toys for 119
Bonobo Principle 50–1
Brady, Katherine 202–3
Bray, Abigail x, xx, xxiv, 67, 86, 101, 230, 295
Bukkake 72, 174
business of pornography see pornography industry
campaigns against pornography
by men in the UK 284–7
in Australia 281–3
in India 246
in Japan 288–90
in Scotland 268–72
in South Africa 223–5
motivation for involvement in 261–2, 268–9, 271–2, 284
OBJECT (UK) 274–80
quit manifesto 291–4
slide shows 266–7
Stop Porn Culture! (USA) 266–7
support strategies in 262–4, 267, 271, 276–9, 285
UK feminist activism 259–65
capitalism
advertising as propaganda for 26
patriarchy and 107–8
pornography as product of 31–2, 101, 160–5
sexual freedom within 120
> Caroline xviii, xxii, 295
cartoons
pornography in xiii, xvi
using porn stars in India 240
censorship
‘freedom of speech’ and 253
child pornography xxv
animation not defined as 168–9
computer games and 168–9
enduring nature of xx, 207–12, 215–19
grooming victims through 189–91, 202–6
instructional function of 187–8, 196–7, 202–6
Japanese regulation of 289
legal redress for victims of 207–12
legitimisation of myths about 186–7
online community within 188
overcoming inhibitions via 185–9
presented as fantasy 198–9, 200
profits made by xiv
role of Internet in 185, 186, 188, 189–90, 191
sexual arousal via 184
sexual sadism in 184–5
traumatic effects on victims 199–200
child sexual abuse
exposure to pornography and 181–91
normalised in pseudo child pornography 7–8
childification of porn actors 4–8 see also pseudo child pornography
children’s movies, pornography encroaching into xiii
Civil Rights Act, Title IX 43
new guidelines under 49
coercion
campus culture and 47
entry into pornography through 151–2
inherent in pornography 11
pornography encouraging boys’ use of xvi, 20
sex therapy and 79
Collective Shout 281–3
college campuses
increasing sexual respect on 48–51
rape and sexual assault on 43
sexist party activities 42–3, 45–6
sexually violent culture of 41–51
computer games
pornography in 241, 289
rape in 167–70
sexual content of 18, 19
computer-generated images
avoiding regulation through 4
condom use in pornography industry 91
consent to sexual activity
animals and 64–5
children and 64, 187
incest and 195–9
counselling see also sex therapy
mixed messages from xxxi–xxxii
crush videos 65
cum shot
as revenge against women 30
frequent depiction of 173
on Facebook xiii
Deepthroat 79
degrading language
encouraged by sex therapists 82–3
gay male pornography and 56
desensitisation to pornography
challenging 286–7
child pornography 186–7
children and xvi–xvii, 16–23, 190
popular culture and 3, 12
sexual deviance and 71
violence and aggression from 12
digital technology
peer-to-peer pornography and 34–40
Dines, Gail xvii, xxii, xxiii, xxvi, 21, 90, 112–13, 183, 185, 188, 196, 199, 230, 266, 269, 295
double penetration xvii, 79, 80, 153, 176
frequent depiction of 173
Dworkin, Andrea xv, 13, 14
Element, Yasmin 125
entry into pornography
‘freedom of choice’ in 175–6
factors compelling women to 151–2
Equality Now 53
Eros Association 123, 124, 125
erotica, pornography and 27, 78, 123
Facebook see also social media
pornographic content on xiii
pro-rape group on 42
use for feminist activism 281
fair speech vs free speech 113, 249–55
Family Dysfunction theory 198
fantasy
genocide-denying pornography as 235
myth of pornography as xxx, 10, 30–1
torture as 115
Farley, Melissa xxiv, 296
feminism see also feminist anti-porn activism
exposing reality of genocide 236–7
positive role of 294
resisting patriarchy 108
sex shops and 118–21
skewed view of 124
feminist anti-porn activism 259–83
Feminist Fridays 260, 261, 275, 276, 278
film and video classification
Australian xx–xxi
challenging 125
Flood, Michael xvii, xviii, 20
forced sex see coercion
fraternity houses see college campuses
Free Speech Coalition
pseudo child pornography and 4
‘freedom of speech’
critique of xxv–xxvi, 249–55
genocide-denying pornography as 235
leftist support of 32–3, 251
legal challenge to 14
need for fairness in 113, 249–55
pornography defended as xv, xxi, 249
potential harms of 250–3
Funnell, Nina xxiii, 296
gagging xvii, 3, 70, 72
frequent depiction of 173, 174
gang rape
as a weapon of war 230–3
college campuses and 44
gay male pornography 53–61
myth of equality in 53–6, 59–61
normalisation of rape in 57–8
racism in 56–7
torture in 55, 58
gender roles
aggression in pornography and 173
campus culture and 42
gay male pornography and 54, 59–61
genocide and 230
ideology of pornography and 29–31, 284, 286
patriarchy and 27
stripping and 136
genocide
pornography and 230–7
sexual atrocities in 230–3, 236–7
Giobbe, Evelina 150
global industry, pornography as xxiv–xxv
gonzo porn
characteristics of 3, 29–30, 176, 196
increasing trend to 100, 131, 173–4
neurological effects of 97–8
sexual assaults and 44
grooming of children
to consume porn
legislation against 203, 205
for prostitution 227
use of pornography in 16–23, 75, 189–91, 202–6
guilt feelings
child victims and 190–1
of porn users 177
Gupta, Ruchira xxv, 296
Hamilton, Clive xx, 129–30
Hamilton, Maggie xxiii, 296
hardcore pornography 3, 27, 29, 171
becoming mainstream 225
campaigning against 260
child pornography 184, 212
children exposed to 227
Indian 239, 243
subjugation of women in 29–30
harms of pornography xv–xvi, xxix, 117, 254–5, 292
documenting 288–9
enduring nature of 207–12, 215–19
ignored by academic defenders 122–31
legal recognition of 205, 236–7
physical damage 176–7
research evidence of 154–5
responsibility of users for 207–12
victim impact statements 204, 212, 215–19
Hawthorne, Susan x, xxiv, xxvi, 86, 101, 296
Hesketh, Alan 96, 210
homemade porn 19, 164, 244
homophobia
gay male pornography and 53, 58, 60
hip hop music and 47
human rights
campaign to protect against abuse of 14
pornography as violation of 14, xxi
hyper-masculinity
anti-porn campaigns and 286
gay male pornography and 54–6
hypersexualisation
campaigning against 2
66–7
effect on women’s bodies 88–90
impact of pornography
body image 5–6
on boys xvii, 20
on girls xvii–xviii, 21
on relationships xxix–xxxiii
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