Does Pornography Cause Harm to Women?

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Does Pornography Cause Harm to Women?

Does Pornography Cause Harm to Women?
The censoring of pornography is a difficult issue for many. After all, few would consider either censorship, or the attitudes toward women that are presented in pornographic images, positive things. The links below can help you to sample the many ways that people have tried to resolve this conundrum.

The National Coalition Against Censorship
This site is, "an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups...united by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended." This site includes a working group on pornography and censorship.
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
This site provides an extensive bibliography of the literature on the correlation of pornography and violence against women.
Violence, Women, and the Media
This article outlines some of the ways that media images, including pornography, encourage violence against women.
Frontline: American Porn
This PBS site outlines the state of the pornography industry in the United States.
What Social Scientists Know About Pornography
This site, sponsored by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, explores the findings of social scientists on the effects of exposure to pornography.
Wendy McElroy: Pornography is Good
This essay surveys the debate about whether pornography ought to be protected or banned, including references to the work of some of the authors in this section of Conversations.
Further Findings on the Causative Role of Pornography in Rape
This study surveys the literature surrounding the cause/effect relationship between pornography and rape.
Andrea Dworkin Web site
This site provides resources related to the work of Andrea Dworkin, an important spokesperson on women's rights and pornography, whose essay is included in this section of Conversations. In particular, take a look at the Online Library.
Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA)
This site provides a statement by ISPA, which tries to balance an anti-censorship stance with civic responsibility as it impacts illegal materials on the Internet.
Equity Feminism
This site has a number of responses to the anti-pornography arguments of Andrea Dworkin.
Technology Law Journal
This site provides useful resources on the legal issues regarding censorship, including "news, records, and analysis of legislation, litigation, and regulation affecting the computer and Internet industry."

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