Michigan Journal of Gender & Law Volume 1 Issue 1 1993 Pimping and Pornography as Sexual Harassment: Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Respondent in Thoreson v. Penthouse Int'l LTD. Dorchen A. Leidholdt New York City Legal Aid Society Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Law and Gender Commons, Law and Society Commons, and the Litigation Commons Recommended Citation Dorchen A. Leidholdt, Pimping and Pornography as Sexual Harassment: Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Respondent in Thoreson v. Penthouse Int'l LTD., 1 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 107 (1993). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol1/iss1/9 This Brief 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]. PIMPING AND PORNOGRAPHY AS SEXUAL HARASSMENT: AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT IN THORESON v. PENTHOUSE INTT LTD.t 'DorchenA. kidholdt* INTRODUCTION In March 1989, the New York City tabloids announced a forthcoming trial, with headlines like "Pet Peeve" and "Petulant Pet's Cry." The case was Thoreson v. Penthouse InternationalLtd.I The media's characteriza- tion of Plaintiff Marjorie Lee Thoreson, AKA Anneka DiLorenzo, a former "Penthouse Pet," as a "girlie mag featurette" demonstrated that they clearly viewed the lawsuit as a form of sexual entertainment. Women Against Pornography, the New York City feminist organization I helped found, had a different perspective.