Defending Pornography

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Defending Pornography offers a unique perspective on the pre-censorship crusade waged in recent years by a highly influential alliance of the American feminist movement and leading conservatives. As one of America's most visible and articule advocates of both feminism and free speech, and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Nadine Strossen eloquently argues that to view sexuality and sexually oriented expression as inherently dangerous does profound damage to human rights in general, and to women's right in particular.

In Strossen's eyes women do not have to choose between safety and 'our freedoms to read, think, speak, sing, write, paint, dance, dream, photograph, film, and fantasize as we wish' - but as she makes devastatingly clear, censorship continues to be used as a tool to repress information vital to female equality, health and reproductive autonomy.

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Nadine Strossen. Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and The Fight for Women's Rights, London: Abacus, 1996. 320pp., 10 black-and-white illus.