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Journal articles on the topic "Women and pornography"

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Cramer, Elizabeth, Judith McFarlane, Barbara Parker, Karen Soeken, Concepcion Silva, and Sally Reel. "Violent Pornography and Abuse of Women: Theory to Practice." Violence and Victims 13, no. 4 (1998): 319–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.13.4.319.

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To examine violent pornography use and associated violence against women, an ethnically stratified sample of 198 abused women were asked about their partners’ use of pornographic materials, and if they had been asked or forced to look at, act out, or pose for pornographic scenes or pictures. Overall, 40.9% of the women reported the abuser used pornographic material, with the proportion significantly higher for Whites (58.7%), compared to Blacks (27.1 %) or Hispanics (38.5%). When groups were formed according to the abuser’s use of pornography and associated involvement of the woman, violence s

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Langton, Rae. "Pornography: A Liberal’s Unfinished Business." Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 12, no. 1 (1999): 109–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0841820900002162.

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Old wars about pornography and censorship have new armies in radical feminists. So Ronald Dworkin once remarked, defending the new relevance of his now classic liberal defense of free speech in his essay, ‘Do We Have a Right to Pornography?’ Dworkin was right about the new battles, but wrong about his argument, which on the new battle ground not only failed to justify the permissive conclusion he desired, but helped to justify the prohibitive conclusion he despised. Pornography’s traditional foes said pornography is immoral. Feminists said pornography is ‘the graphic, sexually explicit subordi

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Gurevich, Maria, Amy Brown-Bowers, Stephanie Cosma, Alexander T. Vasilovsky, Usra Leedham, and Nicole Cormier. "Sexually progressive and proficient: Pornographic syntax and postfeminist fantasies." Sexualities 20, no. 5-6 (2016): 558–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460716665785.

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Mainstream and pornographic images and practice norms are becoming increasingly blurred (Paasonen et al., 2007), while sexual entrepreneurship discourses ( Gill, 2009 ) promote ongoing sexual self-transformation. Women’s sexuality, specifically, is expected to be proficient and perpetually practising. We examine what the mainstreaming of pornography means for sexual desire and agency among 27 young women negotiating heterosex. Participants’ accounts of sexuality and pornography are reflected in a (dis)ordering porn interpretive repertoire. Porn is positioned alternately as: ridiculous and reca

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Nenadic, Natalie. "Heidegger and the Ubiquity and Invisibility of Pornography in the Internet Age." Heidegger Circle Proceedings 49 (2015): 191–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/heideggercircle20154917.

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In the 1970s onward, feminism uncovered pornography’s harms to women. They center on the inferior ways that pornography usually presents women, its effects on many consumers to thus see and treat women, as well as abuses that go into making some pornography. Yet as Catharine MacKinnon, Andrea Dworkin, and Rae Langton have variously observed, the more pervasive pornography becomes the harder it is to recognize its harms as harms. Insights from Heidegger’s analysis of modern technology can help explain this difficulty. He argues that today’s technology has a distinctive power imperceptibly to al

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Shim, Jae Woong, Mahnwoo Kwon, and Hong-In Cheng. "Analysis of Representation of Sexuality on Women's and Men's Pornographic Websites." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 43, no. 1 (2015): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.1.53.

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We investigated how the sexuality of men and women is represented on pornographic websites aimed at women and pornographic websites aimed at men. We analyzed 200 pornographic images randomly selected from 4 websites (2 aimed at women and 2 aimed at men). The criteria for comparison were based on concepts of sexual inequality and sexual objectification that have been commonly used in the literature on analyses of pornography content. The findings showed that websites containing pornography aimed at men were more likely than the websites aimed at women to include content with elements of sexual

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Daskalopoulou, Athanasia, and Maria Carolina Zanette. "Women’s Consumption of Pornography: Pleasure, Contestation, and Empowerment." Sociology 54, no. 5 (2020): 969–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038520918847.

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This article draws on 27 interviews with women (with exclusive and non-exclusive sexual orientations) to understand the role of pornography in the construction of female sexuality. Building upon research that moves beyond the ‘negative effects paradigm’ in the study of pornography, we show that consuming pornography is both disciplining and empowering for women. Our informants recognise that pornography reproduces and promotes patriarchal discourses of sexuality, but they manage to use it to reach a state of pleasure (exercise of fantasy, sexual gratification) and perfection (optimal way of pe

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Ashton, Sarah, Karalyn McDonald, and Maggie Kirkman. "Pornography and sexual relationships: Discursive challenges for young women." Feminism & Psychology 30, no. 4 (2020): 489–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353520918164.

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In Australia and many countries, pornography offers omnipresent, stimulating, easily accessible sexual content; it is an increasing contributor to social meaning-making in women’s sexual lives, including their relationships. Previous research tended to focus on adverse outcomes without considering how women might experience pornography’s interaction with intimacy and relationships. We therefore sought women’s perspectives through in-depth interviews about pornography conducted with 27 young self-identified women, who have or intended to have sex with men, living in Australia. Analysis of their

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Ashton, Sarah, Karalyn McDonald, and Maggie Kirkman. "Pornography and women’s sexual pleasure: Accounts from young women in Australia." Feminism & Psychology 29, no. 3 (2019): 409–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353519833410.

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Understanding how young women experience pornography is a modern imperative in promoting sexual health. There has been, until now, no Australian research exploring what pornography means to women in relation to sexual pleasure. We conducted in-depth interviews with 27 women from around Australia. A thematic analysis of their accounts, supported by narrative theory, revealed that pornography both enhanced and interfered with pleasure. Women described pornography’s contributions to the enhancement of pleasure through solo pleasure, shared viewing with partners, discovering new sexual preferences

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Sommers, Evelyn K., and James V. P. Check. "An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Pornography in the Verbal and Physical Abuse of Women." Violence and Victims 2, no. 3 (1987): 189–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.2.3.189.

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In studies of male aggressiveness and pornography, social psychologists have found evidence to support the theory that consumption of pornography by males increases their aggressiveness and antisocial attitudes toward women. The research reported here studied the presence of pornography and both sexual and nonsexual violence in the lives of two groups of women: a group of battered women drawn from shelters and counseling groups, and a comparison group of women from a mature university population. It was found that the partners of the battered women read or viewed significantly greater amounts

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LIBÓRIO BARBOSA, JÚLIA. "A VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA AS MULHERES E A TUTELA DA PORNOGRAFIA: UM DESAFIO POLÍTICO-IGUALITÁRIO." Revista Científica Semana Acadêmica 11, no. 234 (2023): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.35265/2236-6717-234-12624.

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The pornographic industry, one of the most profitable of the planet, is responsable for reproducing and perpetuating gender violence. At the end of the 1970s, pornography began to be treated as a political problem by second-wave feminists, who denounced the harmful effects of pornography and believed that the prohibition of pornographic contente was a measure of gender equality. This article shares the propositions of anti-pornography feminists, so it will be demonstrated, through bibliographical researches, that the pornographers’ discourse should be trated as real hate speech Against women,

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Women and pornography"

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Ciclitira, Karen Elizabeth. "What does pornography mean to women?" Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266531.

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In this research I employ a feminist and qualitative approach, challenging the predominant psychological discourse of pornography. I discuss the ways law, history and economics influence how women relate to pornography. A range of theoretical approaches, including psychoanalysis, film theory and cultural studies, are used to explore pornographic texts and women's accounts of their engagement with pornography. Drawing on these different disciplinary frameworks I argue that the meanings of `pornography' are changing and elusive: its insusceptibility to easy definition is a theme of this research

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Scoville, Carrie Tokarczyk. "Women and motorcycles: feminism, propaganda and pornography." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1334241223.

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Cebulko, Susan. "The experiences of women whose husbands use internet pornography." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2005. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/cebulko_2005.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, .<br>A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Viljoen, Estella. "From Manet to GQ a critical investigation of "gentleman's pornography" /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122004-082238.

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Buhler, Brandon Michael. "Experiences of an LDS Spouse when her Partner used Pornography: a Phenomenological Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35069.

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Pornography is becoming more and more accessible to society and the pornography industry brings in billions of dollars each year. Research is now starting to focus on the effects of pornography use within the marital context. The effects on the spouse of the pornography user are beginning to show that pornography use can be damaging to marriages, how one views oneâ s partner and how one views oneself. Within the LDS Church, pornography has been considered a violation of their beliefs about chastity and moral cleanliness. With the rise of the use of pornography within the membership of the

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Häggström-Nordin, Elisabet. "Worlds Apart? : Sexual Behaviour, Contraceptive Use, and Pornography Consumption Among Young Women and Men." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4779.

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<p>The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences of the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), sexual behaviour, and pornography consumption among high school students and young people. Data were obtained by questionnaires (studies I, II, and III), and by qualitative in-depth interviews (study IV). </p><p>A majority of 16-year old high-school students were aware that ECP existed, and knew where to obtain it. Attitudes toward using ECP were generally positive, but more girls than boys were hesitant as to whether ECP should be available withou

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Häggström-Nordin, Elisabet. "Worlds apart? : sexual behaviour, contraceptive use, and pornography consumption among young women and men /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4779.

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Häggström-Nordin, Elisabeth. "Worlds apart? : sexual behaviour, contraceptive use, and pornography consumption among young women and men /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Uppsala, 2005. http://www.diva-portal.org/diva/getDocument?urn_nbn_se_uu_diva-4779-2__fulltext.pdf.

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Schroeder, Kathleen Mary. "The female voyeur and the possibility of a pornography for women : redefining the gaze of desire." Thesis, University of South Africa, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3079.

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Mills, Jennie. "Rape and the construction of sexuality in early eighteenth-century texts." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341513.

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Books on the topic "Women and pornography"

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Dworkin, Andrea. Pornography: Men possessing women. Women's Press, 1988.

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Cole, Susan G. Pornography and harm. Metro Action Committee on Public Violence Against Women and Children, 1987.

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Church, Gibson Pamela, and Gibson Roma, eds. Dirty looks: Women, pornography, power. BFI Pub., 1993.

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Loach, Loretta. Bad girls: women who use pornography. [S.N.], 1992.

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1944-, Itzin Catherine, ed. Pornography: Women, violence, and civil liberties. Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Carly, Milne, ed. Naked ambition: Women who are changing pornography. Carroll & Graf, 2005.

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National Coalition against Censorship (U.S.). Working Group on Women, Censorship and "Pornography.", City University of New York. Women's Center., and New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.). Vera List Center., eds. The Sex panic: Women, censorship and "pornography": a conference of the Working Group on Women, Censorship and "Pornography". National Coalition Against Censorship, 1993.

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Asian Women's Human Rights Council., Asian Women's Human Rights Council. National Meeting/Consultation, and Seminar-Workshop on Crimes Against Gender (1990 : University of the Philippines), eds. Crimes against gender, rape, & pornography. Asian Women's Human Rights Council, 1990.

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Inc, Caught Looking, ed. Caught looking: Feminism, pornography & censorship. 2nd ed. Real Comet Press, 1988.

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Russell, Diana E. H. Against pornography: The evidence ofharm. Russell Publications, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Women and pornography"

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Day, Gary. "Looking at Women." In Perspectives on Pornography. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19557-2_6.

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Lewallen, Avis. "Wayward Girls but Wicked Women?" In Perspectives on Pornography. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19557-2_10.

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Keene, Samantha. "Women talking about pornography." In Pornography, Rough Sex, and Gendered Harm. Routledge, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003169437-3.

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DeKeseredy, Walter S. "Pornography and Violence Against Women." In The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118303092.ch25.

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Bridges, Ana J. "Pornography: Male Attitudes Toward Women." In Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_1872-1.

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Chen, Lijun. "Women's Pornography Use in China." In Behavioural Addiction in Women. Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003203476-14.

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Apperley, Thomas. "Overwatch to Oversnatch: The Mutually Reinforcing Gendered Power Relations of Pornography, Streaming, and Esports." In Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82767-0_10.

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AbstractThis chapter argues that the controversial policing of women’s bodies in esports and livestreaming is reflected in the pornification of Overwatch. This chapter makes three claims. First, mainstream heterosexual Overwatch pornography reinforces the assumed masculinity of esports. Second, the pornographic fantasies depicted reinforce everyday misogynistic attitudes to women in esports. Third, Overwatch porn also provides scope for more inclusive and diverse approaches to sexuality in emerging areas such as cosplay erotica. This chapter provides crucial insight into the porous boundaries

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DeKeseredy, Walter S. "Adult pornography and violence against women." In The Routledge International Handbook of Violence Studies. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315270265-21.

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Keene, Samantha. "Women, aggression, and “rough sex”." In Pornography, Rough Sex, and Gendered Harm. Routledge, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003169437-4.

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Brecher, Bob. "Andrea Dworkin’s Pornography: Men Possessing Women — A Reassessment." In Women and Violence. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137015129_9.

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Conference papers on the topic "Women and pornography"

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Liu, Yitong. "A Potentiality for Corruption: On the Pornographic Descriptions in Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber”." In 5th World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. Eurasia Conferences, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.62422/978-81-968539-1-4-045.

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The publication of Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber” has added fuel to the series of debates on whether it is appropriate to expose women to pornographic contents that feature male dominance. The explicitly pornographic descriptions Carter has applied in her work position her as a supporter of women’s right to experience pleasure from sadomasochistic sex. Meanwhile, this paper intends to interpret the bloody corpses inside the secret chamber as Carter’s warning against falling into the traps of male dominance, which may be disguised as pleasure. It has a potentiality for corruption to femal

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