interesting and timely peice, It also feeds into the discourse of current politics and it seems to be the beginning of what we see as an elitist control of the narrative.
My starting place – the two issues from 1979 - looked at first as a narrow lens with a focus on feminism. The research has definitely led to other places that speak to the current discourse – media control, the fact the country has more than one cultural center.
To your last question, yes, there would have been controversy because still there is controversy about whether pornography “empowers” women or exploits women for male pleasure. It’s still controversial if/when/how free sexual choice for women becomes pornographic sexualization that no women can opt out of, regardless of academic accomplishment.
Good points to think about. Curious if you consider the act of posing nude in Playboy as pornographic in and of itself, or because it is/can be, etc used for people to arouse themselves to, and that makes it porn? Or maybe that’s a naive question but it’s something I think about in terms of the distinctions, and if it does matter, in terms of how the naked woman who decides this is viewed.
interesting and timely peice, It also feeds into the discourse of current politics and it seems to be the beginning of what we see as an elitist control of the narrative.
My starting place – the two issues from 1979 - looked at first as a narrow lens with a focus on feminism. The research has definitely led to other places that speak to the current discourse – media control, the fact the country has more than one cultural center.
To your last question, yes, there would have been controversy because still there is controversy about whether pornography “empowers” women or exploits women for male pleasure. It’s still controversial if/when/how free sexual choice for women becomes pornographic sexualization that no women can opt out of, regardless of academic accomplishment.
Good points to think about. Curious if you consider the act of posing nude in Playboy as pornographic in and of itself, or because it is/can be, etc used for people to arouse themselves to, and that makes it porn? Or maybe that’s a naive question but it’s something I think about in terms of the distinctions, and if it does matter, in terms of how the naked woman who decides this is viewed.