"Making Violence Sexy" chronicles women's resistance to pornography over the last twenty years. It does this in a collection of feminist articles, including testimonies by victims/survivors of pornography that together make a convincing case for the view that pornography causes harm to women, including acts of violence. The volume is organized into four parts, the first of which provides vivid and moving personal accounts of how women's lives have been damaged by pornography. Part two gives an overview of the present status of pornography in our society, as well as the raging debate over pornography and censorship. Part three details several interesting and significant studies on the effects of pornography, as well as critiques of some of the most influential non-feminist researchers. The concluding part then describes actions, both humorous and grave, that feminists have employed in their fight against pornography. Some of the contributors are: Andrea Dworkin, Patricia Hill Collins, Catharine MacKinnon, Gloria Steinem and John Stoltenberg. "Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography" will appeal to students and lecturers of women's studies and sociology, political activists, public officials, social scientists, legal and medical professionals - those who consider pornography free speech, and those who of it as obscene, and those who consider it a form of discrimination against women. Women's studies teachers should find it a welcome addition to their required reading lists, and those working against sexual violence may appreciate it as a primary, up-to-date, and comprehensive source and inspiration.

Reader Reviews

Adam

(2/5)

May 18, 2007

This collection of studies and essays by Diana E. H. Russell is polemical and extremely didactic, but worth reading, especially if you want to know why radical feminists oppose pornography. My main problem with the book is that too much of the material is by Russell herself, even though she is probably the least interesting writer featured in it. Her chapters on causation, which form the centerpiece of the collection, are based on surveys she performed of studies that attempted to link pornograp...

Umi

(0/5)

May 11, 2009

Great book

Tara Calaby

Jun 05, 2016

This is a solid collection of essays that take a feminist anti-pornography stance. There are a lot of women's testimonies included and it can get a bit harrowing at times.

Sunniva

(4/5)

Mar 22, 2021

I read this when I was 17 and have been trying to remember the title FOR YEARS!! Finally found it again!!

(1/5)

Apr 23, 2010

A profoundly stupid book. It's a shame that this sort of feminist literature even exists, considering how much of feminism is perfectly valid and well-argued, and how many sophisticated feminist philosophers are out there.

Lee Siew

Dec 06, 2013

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Apr 24, 2017

De los mejores libros que he leído en el año. Es una compilación de los males que causa la pornografía

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