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Woman's Right to Pornography Review (X-Post) and Discussion H-Women Woman's Right To Pornography Review (x-post) and Discussion Page published by Kolt Ewing on Thursday, June 12, 2014 Woman's Right To Pornography Review (x-post) and Discussion April 1996 (x-post from H-PCAACA) Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1995. $21.95 cloth Wendy McElroy examines the pornography industry and defends it as part of a flow of information about sex which both individual women and society need. McElroy defines pornography as "explicit artistic depiction of men and/or women as sexual beings." Defining pornography in opposition to anti- porn feminists such as Andrea Dworkin, McElroy defends it as vital to individualist feminism. She traces the connections between suppression of pornography and anti-feminism, noting that Comstock laws prohibited information on birth control and women's reproductive health. McElroy argues that disillusionment with feminism following the defeat of the ERA was filled by radical feminists theories of gender oppression. These theories attack pornography as an oppressive construction of human sexuality causing violence against women. The accusations made against pornography are that it is morally wrong; that it leads to violence against women; and that it is itself, violence. The heart of this book is an individualist feminist defense of pornography. Individualist feminism defends women's rights to make choices and accepts the woman's word for whether a choice was voluntary. This is in opposition to radical feminists' assertions that sex workers are incapable of giving true consent because they have been psychologically damaged by a patriarchal society. McElroy explains her view that pornography is personally and politically beneficial to women. She returns to the personal with interviews with women in the business and an account of a meeting of COYOTE, the national sex workers' rights organization. Whether the reader agrees or disagrees with McElroy, her work is valuable. Discussion of the content and production of contemporary pornography, while not exhaustive, adds details to the discussion of free speech. Discussion of the attack on women's freedom of contract contained in proposed anti-porn laws is also valuable. The women McElroy interviews are people with bodies and minds, not just victims of sexism. While her interviews and surveys do not prove that such victims do not exist, a point McElroy admits, they do prove that not all sex workers fall into such categories. The argument of the book is that sexual information conveyed in pornography is good, but that defending pornography on this basis would be difficult or impossible if the charges made by radicals-- Citation: Kolt Ewing. Woman's Right To Pornography Review (x-post) and Discussion. H-Women. 07-20-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/24029/pages/31435/womans-right-pornography-review-x-post-and-discussion Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Women that women are coerced into performing or subjected to violence by the industry, or that the majority of pornography portrays violence and may, therefore, encourage such violence--are true. McElroy, therefore, views pornography and talks with actresses and producers to assure herself that the charges are not true. Reassured, she defends pornography, not merely as speech to be tolerated lest Lady Chatterly's Lover share the fate of Debbie Does Dallas, but as actually valuable to women for its own sake. While it is possible that radical feminists will feel their arguments have been distorted or unfairly attacked, the book is a valuable examination of a volatile topic. It also, as McElroy suggests, opens avenues for further research. University of Nevada-Reno Rita Rippetoe Responses: >From Vera M. Britto <[email protected]> 25 April 1996 I believe the following post merits a critique of its language and its construction of reality. >Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography >New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1995. $21.95 cloth. >Wendy McElroy examines the pornography industry and defends it >as part of a flow of >information about sex which both individual women and society >need. McElroy defines >pornography as "explicit artistic depiction of men and/or women >as sexual beings." >Defining pornography in opposition... What are "individual women?" What if a woman says she does not need pornography-according to this definition-is she not a woman or not an individual or not an individual woman? what does her construction of "society" amount to? What is "artistic" in the following definition: explicit artistic depiction of men and/or women as sexual beings? What is not artistic? what is the psychological effect of deeming something artistic? Is this a valid definition of pornography? What consequences does this definition have on any discussion of the subject matter? >to anti-porn feminists such as Andrea Dworkin, McElroy defends >it as vital to individualist >feminism. She traces connections between suppression of >pornography and anti-feminism, noting >that Comstock laws prohibited information on birth control and >women's reproductive health. >McElroy argues that disillusionment with feminism following them defeat >of the ERA was >filled by radical feminist theories of gender oppression. These >theories attack pornography as an >oppressive construction of human sexuality causing violence against >women. Who gets to say what is "theory" and what is "reality"? When does reality get constructed as theory and vice-versa? Citation: Kolt Ewing. Woman's Right To Pornography Review (x-post) and Discussion. H-Women. 07-20-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/24029/pages/31435/womans-right-pornography-review-x-post-and-discussion Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Women The accusations made against >pornography are that it is morally wrong; that it leads to >violence against women; and that it is in itself, violence. >The heart of this book is an individualist feminist defense of >pornography. Individualist >feminism defends women's rights to make choices and accepts the >woman's word for >whether a choice was voluntary. What is a choice? and how does one make a choice vs. not make a choice? If you base all your theory on a person's word and they lie, or are in denial or are misinformed, does your theory come apart? >This is in opposition to radical feminists' assertions that sex >workers are incapable of >giving true consent because they have been psychologically >damages by a patriarchal >society. McElroy explains her... What is true consent? How do we know there is such a thing? What is psychological damage? How can we recognize it? Measure it? What is a patriarchal society? What kind of culture does a patriarchal society have? >view that pornography is personally and politically beneficial >to women. She returns to the >personal with interviews with women in the business and an >account of a meeting of COYOTE, >the national sex workers' rights organization. If her theory is based on women giving their word on this or that, does she interview any women who would give their word that they were abused by the pornography industry? If she bothered to look for such a woman-what would their statement do to her theory? >Whether the reader agrees or disagrees with McElroy, her work >is valuable. Discussion of the >content and production of >contemporary... Is any discussion valuable? can a discussion not be valuable? can it serve to misinform, alienate, or dissimulate the issues? >pornography, while not exhaustive, adds details to the >discussion of free speech. Discussion of >the attack on women's >freedom of contract... What is free? What is free speech? Whose definition gets imposed on everyone else? >contained in proposed anti-porn laws is also valuable. The >women McElroy interviews are >people with bodies and minds, not just victims of sexism. What is a person without a body and mind? (I haven't met one yet). What is "just a victim of sexism?" what is a victim? What is a victim of sexism? Are these valid labels/definitions? If you are affected Citation: Kolt Ewing. Woman's Right To Pornography Review (x-post) and Discussion. H-Women. 07-20-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/24029/pages/31435/womans-right-pornography-review-x-post-and-discussion Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3 H-Women negatively by sexism does it mean you either not have a body or a mind? If your life is shaped negatively by racism does the same thing apply? Or is it just sexism that takes away people's minds and bodies? >While her interviews and surveys do not prove that such victims >do not exist, a point >McElroy admits, they do prove that not all sex workers fall >into such categories. Who constructs such nifty categories? >The argument of the book is that the sexual information >conveyed in pornography is >good, but that defending pornography on this basis would... What is good? Who gets to define it? >be difficult or impossible if the charges made by >radicals--that women are... What is a radical? Is the opposite of a radical feminist a reactionary feminist? What is feminist? >coerced into performing or subjected to violence by the >industry, or that the majority of >pornography portrays violence and may, therefore, encourage >such violence--are true. How does the mass violence get systematically perpetuated in society? What role does culture and socializing processes have in mass violence? How does society mask or deny the mechanisms that perpetuate different mass violence processes? How does scholarly work legitimitize different forms of violence and oppression? >McElroy, therefore, views pornography and talks with actresses >and producers to assure >herself that the charges are not true.
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