feminist activism on 137
vulnerability of workers in 144–9
stripping
as prostitution 139–40
campus parties and 45–6
harms involved in 147–9
misguided defence of 136
personal stories of 144–9
Struthers, Dr William 70
sub-genres of pornography 72–3
suicide
child pornography victims and 204
of porn stars 162
unauthorised filming and 37, 242
Sullivan, Mary 92
Sun, Chyng xv, xxiv–xxv, 300
surrogate birth arrangements
activist campaigns against 95–6
dehumanising effects of 92–5
t-shirts
pornographic images on xiii
sold at sex trade shows 135
Tankard Reist, Melinda xxiv, 86, 109–10, 167, 205, 2230, 253, 281, 301
Taylor, S. Caroline xxv, 301
teen porn see pseudo child pornography
The Porn Report 122–31
ethical issues in 129–30
partisan perspective of 122–6
research methodology 127–30
use by porn advocates 125–6
Thompson, Linda xxvi, 292, 301
Tiefer, Leonore 88, 90
Tolman, Deborah 35
torture
gay male pornography and xxiii, 55, 58
normalised by pornography xx, 115–16
of animals 63–8
pornography’s use of xvi, xix, 11, 153
sexual subordination through 54
violent regimes and xxiv, 11, 55, 58, 115–16, 154, 230–7, 293
trafficking in women
entry into pornography through 152
interconnections to prostitution and pornography 155–7
Tyler, Meagan xxiv, 301
unprotected sex 91, 92
van Heeswijk, Anna xxvi, 302
victim impact statements
Amy 212, 215–19
child abuse victims 204
Masha Allen 208–9
violence against women and children
as human rights issue 75
gay male pornography and 54–61
increasing in pornography 173–5
pornography links sex to 113–14
prostitution and pornography 151
Waltman, Max xxi
web cams, unauthorized filming via 19, 34, 37, 38, 156, 157, 164, 185
Weiss, Margot 115–16
West, Kanye, music video by xiii, 109–10, 282
Whisnant, Rebecca xvi, 230, 266, 267
WHISPER 150
WikiLeaks 251–2
women, violence against see violence against women and children
women’s liberation
distortion of 120
threatening to dominant culture 110
YouTube 19, 42, 109
Zillman, Dolf 255
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