"Pornography reveals that male pleasure is inextricably tied to victimizing,
hurting, exploiting; that sexual fun and sexual passion in the privacy of the
male imagination are inseparable from the brutality of male history. The private
world of sexual dominance that men demand as their right and their freedom is
the mirror image of the public world of sadism and atrocity that men
consistently and self-righteously deplore. It is in the male experience of
pleasure that one finds the meaning of male history."(by antiplondon)
Feminist views of pornography range from condemnation of pornography as a form of violence against women, to an embracing of some forms of pornography as a medium of feminist expression. Feminist debate on this issue reflects larger concerns surrounding feminist views on sexuality, and is closely related to feminist debates on prostitution, BDSM, and other issues. Pornography has been one of the most divisive issues in feminism, particularly among feminists in anglophone countries. This deep division between feminists was exemplified in the Feminist Sex Wars of the 1980s, which pitted anti-pornography feminism against sex-positive feminism.
hurting, exploiting; that sexual fun and sexual passion in the privacy of the
male imagination are inseparable from the brutality of male history. The private
world of sexual dominance that men demand as their right and their freedom is
the mirror image of the public world of sadism and atrocity that men
consistently and self-righteously deplore. It is in the male experience of
pleasure that one finds the meaning of male history."(by antiplondon)
Feminist views of pornography range from condemnation of pornography as a form of violence against women, to an embracing of some forms of pornography as a medium of feminist expression. Feminist debate on this issue reflects larger concerns surrounding feminist views on sexuality, and is closely related to feminist debates on prostitution, BDSM, and other issues. Pornography has been one of the most divisive issues in feminism, particularly among feminists in anglophone countries. This deep division between feminists was exemplified in the Feminist Sex Wars of the 1980s, which pitted anti-pornography feminism against sex-positive feminism.