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• AlterNet Reviews Robert Jensen's Pornography and the End of Masculinity

  Published: September 24, 2007, 10:29 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Impact Of Porn, Debate On The Issues, First Amendment

  No, I'm not a prude, or anti-sex. Nor do I think there should be a national campaign to snuff out all porn. In fact, I sometimes watch certain kinds of porn. But what has become clear to me is that, under the guise of the First Amendment, a huge and powerful porn industrial complex has grown out of control. And a big part of its growth is

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• Press Release: MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE: RACE, SEX & HIP HOP by Ewuare X. Osayande

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:50 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Business Ethics, Debate On The Issues, First Amendment

  BOOKING INFORMATION In anticipation of the book's release, Osayande is now securing speaking engagements and interviews for the book tour. All interested parties please contact Ewuare at OsayandeSpeaks@hotmail.com. Also, if you are interested in being informed of upcoming book-related news and events, join the mailing list by emailing

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• Research Paper: "Cruelty's rewards: The gratifications of perpetrators and spectators"

  Published: October 11, 2007, 5:51 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Impact Of Porn

  PDF), gives us an idea why pornographers would be tempted to portray cruelty. It taps into deep-seated, primitive impulses related to hunting, survival, sexual appeal, and status. Life in a cruel world may be gratifying for the few on top, but for most, it is savage and bitter. Some excerpts from Dr. Nell: Effective violence prevention

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• New Book - Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections

  Published: October 12, 2007, 5:59 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Debate On The Issues, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Media Ethics, Ordinances Regulations, Business Ethics, Child Molestation

  was Britain's first anti-prostitution campaigner and remains one of our greatest social reformers......Butler is an important figure who advocated on behalf of women considered to be "scum" - prostitutes and other "fallen women" - and challenged men's right to sexual access to prostituted women and children. She achieved huge social and

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• Letter to Harper's: "Boys on the Side"

  Published: November 1, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Marriage, Media Ethics, Debate On The Issues

  "puritan, prohibitionist...antisexual" element within feminism......dissent arose within the feminist community from women who claimed the "sex-positive" label. Listening to angry prophets is no fun. Men who were threatened by the feminist critique of porn, and women who were tired for being shamed for their sexual choices, combined to

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• Evidence Assessment: The Role of Pornography in the Physical Abuse of Women

  Published: November 20, 2007, 7:36 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Impact Of Porn, Marriage

  the most extreme example of anti-women socialization that men receive in this society"If you look at a lot of pornography, it shows women being beaten, humiliated, tied up. It shows women tied and stabbed, poked, prodded and abused by devices, assaulted by several men or animals, and many ugly and degrading things. When you see a woman being

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• Hugo Schwyzer Reviews "Getting Off" by Robert Jensen

  Published: December 5, 2007, 5:27 pm

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Green Sexuality, Marriage, Impact Of Porn

  so I don't have to. Jensen anticipates the liberal critique of his position. (This critique shows up quite a bit in the Feministing thread below Courtney Martin's post on the book.) Jensen:Feminist critics of pornography are often accused of selecting the most violent and degrading movies to analyze and then pretending such movies are

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• Robert Jensen to Speak at Amherst Books, April 6 at 5pm

  Published: March 11, 2008, 1:42 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Impact Of Porn, What You Can Do, Media Ethics, Northampton News

  from his years as a feminist anti pornography activist with scholarly research. With his trademark conversational style, he shows how mainstream pornography reinforces social definitions of manhood & influences men's attitudes about women & how to treat them.In his research, Jensen draws on a variety of critical approaches to media

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• Prostitution: "It is high time to expose and challenge the liberal consensus"

  Published: April 25, 2008, 5:31 am

  Tags: Business Ethics, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Media Ethics, Ordinances And Regulations, Debate On The Issues, Prostitution

  Roger Matthews, professor of criminology at London's South Bank University, has studied street prostitution since 1985. Julie Bindel talks to him about his new book, Prostitution, Politics and Policy, for The Guardian:'It's abuse and a life of hell' (2/29/08)...Matthews completely disagrees with the notion of legalisation. Instead, he says, the

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• StopPornCulture! Launches Website; Online Slide Show Available

  Published: June 8, 2008, 2:45 am

  Tags: Feminist Perspective, Anti Pornographers Bookshelf, Porn Examples Judge For Yourself, Porn Industry, Debate On The Issues, What You Can Do

  and organizing tool for anti-porn activists that presents a feminist analysis of pornography and of the increasingly pornographic culture in which we live." The slide show comes with a toolkit for presenters that includes the script, different PowerPoint versions, and suggestions for how to dialogue with audiences. Also featured at the

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