Michigan Journal of Gender & Law Volume 14 Issue 1 2007 Toward a Third-Wave Feminist Legal Theory: Young Women, Pornography and the Praxis of Pleasure Bridget J. Crawford University of Pennsylvania Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl Part of the Law and Gender Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, and the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Bridget J. Crawford, Toward a Third-Wave Feminist Legal Theory: Young Women, Pornography and the Praxis of Pleasure, 14 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 99 (2007). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol14/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Journal of Gender & Law by an authorized editor of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. TOWARD A THIRD-WAVE FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: YOUNG WOMEN, PORNOGRAPHY AND THE PRAXIS OF PLEASURE BridgetJ Crawford* INTRODUCTION 100 1. THIRD-WAvE FEMINISM • 106 A. Origins of Third-Wave Feminism • 106 B. Major Writings of Third-Wave Feminism • 109 C. PrincipalIdeas of Third-Wave Feminism • 116 1. Dissatisfaction with Earlier Feminists • 116 2. Multiple Nature of Personal Identity • 118 3. Joy of Embracing Traditional Feminine Appearance and Attributes • 120 4. Centrality of Sexual Pleasure and Sexual Self-Awareness . 122 5. Obstacles to Economic Empowerment • 122 6. Social and Cultural Impact of Media and Technology 123 D. PrincipalMethods of Third-Wave Feminism • 124 1. Personal Story-Telling • 125 2.