by Louise Pennington Written in response to Is Anti-Sex Feminism a Step Backwards for Womenâs Rights? by Jerry Barnett Whenever I hear the term âanti-sexâ, I sigh. The term âanti-sexâ implies that feminists who campaign against pornography and other parts of the âsex industryâ hate all sex. This is inaccurate but equally a very clever tactic…
By Jerry Barnett Being in my late-40s, Iâm one of a generation whose mothers embraced second-wave feminism - or Womenâs Lib at it was better known at the time - in the late-1960s and early-70s. I came of age reading Spare Rib and other feminist magazines my Mum left lying around, and remember the importance…
by Erin Pearson Using approximately 20 subjects in a 'talking heads' format, After Porn Ends relays the stories of former porn stars of various ages (26-70), from their beginnings (in life, and in porn) through to the time of filming. While it does contain a series of typically 'expert' opinions, such as UCLA Professor Dr. Neil Malmuth,…
by Claudia Austin In this post I will be discussing the general reaction to the sexuality of women and the vulgarity attributed to the portrayal of womenâs pleasure in sex, despite the ongoing sexualisation of womenâs bodies. I first started looking into the representation of the sexuality of women after reading The Sadeian Woman by…
