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Liberals, Sex, and Pornography

“Unlike the conservative model of sex as an impulse to be controlled and limited to the context of monogamous, heterosexual marriage, the left-liberal model sees sex as a good impulse to be liberated, and according to the champions of the sexual revolution discussed in Chapter 1, such liberation involves women being accessed, shared and exchanged by men. Historically, this has not been seen as harmful to women, because the liberal human subject is constructed as male –therefore pornography does not impinge on others’ freedoms, since women are not actually seen as individual subjects within this model.”

“Another aspect of liberal thinking – idealism – is also evident within debates on pornography. Idealism posits attitudes as both the source and solution for oppression; thinking as the prime mover of social life; and rational argument/education as the engine of social change (Keith, 2011b: 66). On this view, changing attitudes through education, awareness raising or the production of diverse sexual representations would be con- sidered appropriate and effective solutions to any problematic or undesirable aspects of pornography.”

Long, Julia. Anti-porn : The Resurgence of Anti-pornography Feminism. Chapter: Pornography and the Feminist Divide. 63. Zed Books, 2012.