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- From: turpin@cs.utexas.EDU (Russell Turpin)
- Subject: Re: Pornography and values
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- Summary: Pornography a *male* interest?
- Newsgroups: soc.feminism
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
- Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 05:25:59 GMT
- References: <38029@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
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- In article <38029@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> djohns@elm.circa.ufl.EDU ("David A. Johns") writes:
- > One interesting aspect of this debate about pornography is that
- > *interest* in pornography, in our society, at least, is primarily
- > male. ...
-
- That depends on now one draws the categories. Should one count
- Harlequin romances as pornographic? I think so. If one does
- this, then one recognizes that women have as much interest in
- titillating media, i.e., pornography, as men.
-
- > ... This leaves women in the enviable position of having
- > nothing to lose in the battle to eliminate it.
-
- There are many women who disagree, even if one restricts the
- issue to the kind of pornography that appeals mostly to men.
-
- > In fact, it seems that most activities that we define as immoral --
- > generally those that involve sex or risk-taking -- are much more
- > appealing to men than to women. ...
-
- Damn. Another blow to my chances of finding a compatible date.
-
- Russell
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