Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights

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NYU Press, 2000 - Law - 320 pages

A women's rights–centered rationale for defending pornography

Traditional explanations of why pornography must be defended from would-be censors have concentrated on censorship's adverse impacts on free speech and sexual autonomy. In contrast, Nadine Strossen focuses on the women's rights-centered rationale for defending pornography.

Reissued with a new foreword and introduction by the author.

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About the author (2000)

Nadine Strossen is Professor Emerita at New York Law School and past national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008). She is a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) and an internationally acclaimed free speech scholar, activist, speaker, and media commentator. She is the author of many books, including Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) and Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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