This is a short, smart article that suggests we take the porn debates a little further than the same old obscenity vs. free speech quagmire.
Revisiting the Porn Debate
by Chyng Sun, NYU
"Most liberal-minded people rush to defend pornographers' right to free speech. Maybe we should stop and ponder what we are defending."
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That's a really good article. I wish it were more in depth...but I can't wait to see her documentary. I've had the "porn argument" many times with men and when I bring up the degradation of women in porn and how that hurts our entire society in general I just get accused of repressing people's sexual fantasies. Maybe they don't want to face the disturbing fantasies they have and ask themselves why it's a turn on to see women degraded...but it's an issue that is far more complex than the simple "free speech" argument it always comes down to.
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