(This article was written for, and first published by Outwrite women's newspaper, issue number 14, May 1983 and is reprinted with permission).
PORNOGRAPHY ranges from spreads' in 'men's magazines' to the outer limits of films of horrific tortures and murders of real women.
The tional multi-billion pound industry. city throughout the world porn, in some form or another, is available, either openly or underthe-counter.
made, porn reaps more annually than the record and film industries combined. In Canada there are more sex-shops than there are branches of maduate from the USA and parts Porn is big business for men. There alc lots of porn millionaires around. Porn is now being made over here - a home industry that never Pornographic images of adverts, magazınes films. With MOIC Photo: JILL POSENER (from Spray it Loud, RKP. £2 'centrefold pornography industry is an internaIn every In the USA, where the highest profits are with real magazines'. men's magazines read pornography). 'Sometimes I're found mysell excited watching -show men that like against women to cultivate that side. Ropes, chains, power, threat. Lollulc humiliation, bondage, submission "My fantasies are often stirred up by heightened use pornography. have a collection OI Over 100 magazines and about 15 films.
would like to own a "slave for SCA VUL• poses.
I've always wanted to rape a black girl because here in the South blacks rape white that wole even score and put them DaCK ¡aven and neverwu see enough of it. It gives me new ideas to try and see.' What do the 'experts' say about porn and violence?
Half a sample of liberally minded undergraduate males admitted that they would rape they weren't found out.
In 'normal' men, these urges are restrained by conditioned inhibitons but these are easily removed.
In a laboratory situation, this has been done, using certain films. Sex alle volence tions in films, such as Unit women, were very arousing.
Men acted out their aggression on real women. (This information was researched and put together Edward Institute ThorMonds ly Institute, London, 1982.)
What do women say about porn? society are we living in society are we where it is against the law to assault, rape : (outside marriage) or murder, but quite OK to pay a couple of quid to go and see all those crimes carried ou explicitly on the screen? ... How can anyone enseeing a girl raped and hung up, still alive on a meat hook? (Rosali Shann) 'Sex shops are for men: Every day women beaten, raped, mutilated and murdered my men. By selling sadomasochistic magazines, instruments of. sexual torture and disembodied female parts, sex shops promoting and condoning male violence dualis! women. women.' Cen tral London Women Against Violence Against Women)
Who can say porn is harmless?
ten women raped. Black women are more at risk than white.
Porn kills women
apart from women who They short or suspended sentences.
Porn men YES NO. Porn tells men that sexual is OK, Porn is possible because men can force women to be porn models.
A few brave women, such as Linda Lovelace, have written accounts to explain how they were forced into being porn models and take part in who get involved find it very hard Lovelace had to go int hiding. Some women try, The women in the sex industrv are exposed to extreme male violence all found in Lyons a few years ago led to the occupation of churches by prostitutes in demand of Porn gives men ideas and then they go and act already been acted out on the women in the Photo: JILL POSENER (from Spray it Loud. RKP. 62 05)
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