Linda Thompson is from Northern Ireland where she was involved with youth work, community work and sexual health education, working with young people as peer educators on the HYPE project before moving into HIV and sexual health promotion in Scotland. She is currently the Development Officer with the Women’s Support Project and raises awareness of issues around commercial sexual exploitation as a form of violence against women. She is kept busy with a tornado of a toddler and, in her limited free time, volunteers with women’s and mother’s groups and is a breast-feeding advocate.
Dr Meagan Tyler is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Victoria University, Melbourne. She is a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA) and the Porn Cultures and Policy Network (PCPN). Her research has been published in Women’s Studies International Forum and Women and Therapy. Her book, Prostitution in Every Home? The pornographic and sexological construction of women’s sexuality in the West, is forthcoming with Cambridge Scholars Press.
Anna van Heeswijk has a First Class Honours Degree in International Relations and a Masters in Human Rights. Prior to working with OBJECT, Anna campaigned for Disability Rights and Young People’s Rights. As well as her feminist activism, she also leads Peer counselling workshops on overcoming the effects of racism, sexism, homophobia, classism and ageism on our lives.
Index
abortion in computer game 167–8
Abu Ghraib, interpretation of images from 11, 115–16
acquaintance rape 49
prevention program 49–51
‘addiction’ to pornography 96–100
avoidance of responsibility for 99–100
medical response to 96, 98–9
sex crimes and 100
Adler, Amy 211–12
Adult Video News
porn awards from 174
pornography reviews in 80, 128
research assistance from 172
statistics on porn use 4
strip clubs and pornography 139, 140–1
adultification of children
in child pornography 183
advertising see also marketing
as propaganda for capitalism 26
combating sexualisation in 282, 283
pornographic images in xiii
aggression, depiction of
adverse attitudinal effects of 74
analysis of 172–3
female actors portrayed as accepting 74
gender differences in 173
research on xix, 30, 70
Albury, Katherine 122, 131
Amazon.com, pornography-related material on 188, 209, 252–3
American Civil Liberties Union 36
American Psycho 10
Amy xxiii, xxv, 209–212, 215–219 see also ‘Misty Series’
anal sex
frequent depiction of 173
pornography used to encourage 79
teenage girls raped via 22
animals, pornography involving 63–8 see also bestiality
questioning consent in 64–5
Anti Porn Men Project 284–7
anti-porn campaigners see campaigns against pornography
Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group (APP) 288–90
Armanda, Asja xxv, 230–1, 232, 233, 235, 295
ass-to-mouth (ATM) sequence 173
beauty pageants
campaigning against 276, 283
pimping for prostitution via 152
bestiality 67 see also animals, pornography involving
bondage 29, 70
gay male pornography and 58
in music video 110
online 72
sex therapy and 80
sex toys for 119
Bonobo Principle 50–1
Brady, Katherine 202–3
Bray, Abigail x, xx, xxiv, 67, 86, 101, 230, 295
Bukkake 72, 174
business of pornography see pornography industry
campaigns against pornography
by men in the UK 284–7
in Australia 281–3
in India 246
in Japan 288–90
in Scotland 268–72
in South Africa 223–5
motivation for involvement in 261–2, 268–9, 271–2, 284
OBJECT (UK) 274–80
quit manifesto 291–4
slide shows 266–7
Stop Porn Culture! (USA) 266–7
support strategies in 262–4, 267, 271, 276–9, 285
UK feminist activism 259–65
capitalism
advertising as propaganda for 26
patriarchy and 107–8
pornography as product of 31–2, 101, 160–5
sexual freedom within 120
Caroline xviii, xxii, 295
cartoons
pornography in xiii, xvi
using porn stars in India 240
censorship
‘freedom of speech’ and 253
child pornography xxv
animation not defined as 168–9
computer games and 168–9
enduring nature of xx, 207–12, 215–19
grooming victims through 189–91, 202–6
instructional function of 187–8, 196–7, 202–6
Japanese regulation of 289
legal redress for victims of 207–12
legitimisation of myths about 186–7
online community within 188
overcoming inhibitions via 185–9
presented as fantasy 198–9, 200
profits made by xiv
role of Internet in 185, 186, 188, 189–90, 191
sexual arousal via 184
sexual sadism in 184–5
traumatic effects on victims 199–200
child sexual abuse
exposure to pornography and 181–91
normalised in pseudo child pornography 7–8
childification of porn actors 4–8 see also pseudo child pornography
children’s movies, pornography encroaching into xiii
Civil Rights Act, Title IX 43
new guidelines under 49
coercion
campus culture and 47
entry into pornography through 151–2
inherent in pornography 11
pornography encouraging boys’ use of xvi, 20
sex therapy and 79
Collective Shout 281–3
college campuses
increasing sexual respect on 48–51
rape and sexual assault on 43
sexist party activities 42–3, 45–6
sexually violent culture of 41–51
computer games
pornography in 241, 289
rape in 167–70
sexual content of 18, 19
computer-generated images
avoiding regulation through 4
condom use in pornography industry 91
consent to sexual activity
animals and 64–5
children and 64, 187
incest and 195–9
counselling see also sex therapy
mixed messages from xxxi–xxxii
crush videos 65
cum shot
as revenge against women 30
frequent depiction of 173
on Facebook xiii
Deepthroat 79
degrading language
encouraged by sex therapists 82–3
gay male pornography and 56
desensitisation to pornography
challenging 286–7
child pornography 186–7
children and xvi–xvii, 16–23, 190
popular culture and 3, 12
sexual deviance and 71
violence and aggression from 12
digital technology
peer-to-peer pornography and 34–40
Dines, Gail xvii, xxii, xxiii, xxvi, 21, 90, 112–13, 183, 185, 188, 196, 199, 230, 266, 269, 295