International Protection from Crappy Porn Week of Resistance

Xeni Jardin 10:09 pm Wed Nov 5, 2003

Now there's a (>cough<) mouthful. Anyway: the final week of October, 2003 was declared "Protection from Pornography Week" by President Bush. Some object to the declaration's equation of "pornography" as a whole with child porn, or adult entertainment produced in a coercive, exploitative manner. In other words, they believe porn per se isn't a problem — bad porn is. And, by golly, they're taking action.

What do I mean by "crappy"? Well, basically, I mean pornography that doesn't affirm what sexuality really should be all about — or what being a human being really should be all about. (…) So I thought I would launch a new campaign… because I believe that what we really need isn't to be protected from pornography, but to show resistance against crappy pornography and support for better, sex-positive, humane pornography that is produced without exploitation, without perpetuating damaging stereotypes, and that fully affirms the principle of informed, revocable consent.

Link (Thanks, Jonno)

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