The feminist case against pornography: a review and re-evaluation
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Despite sustained feminist criticism, the production and consumption of pornography does not show signs of waning. as discussed by the authors offers a critical review of the existing feminist anti-pornography debate,...Abstract:
Despite sustained feminist criticism, the production and consumption of pornography does not show signs of waning. Here, I offer a critical review of the existing feminist anti-pornography debate, ...read more
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Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution
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Work, Sex, and Sex-Work: Competing Feminist Discourses on the International Sex Trade
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the competing discourses of radical feminism and sex radicalism on the international sex trade, and employ the term "sex-work" as an analytical device by which to get to the bottom of these very different perspectives.
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The structural oppression of women by markets: the continuum of sexual violence and the online pornography market
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Pornography at the Border: Ethnosexual Borderscapes, Gendered Violence, and Embodied control
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the pornographic genre of "border sex" set on the US-Mexico border and produced in the US, which depicts uneven power relations taking shape at and through the border.
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The Sexual Contract
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