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.

About the Author
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.

Reviews
"Antiporn feminists have been cruising for a forensic bruising since the early eighties. Defending Pornography lands quite a blow." * Entertainment Weekly *
"A passionately argued, cogently written, lively discourse on the increasingly peculiar politics of sex." * New York Times Book Review *
"Proves without a doubt that free expression is an essential foundation for women's liberty, equality, and sexuality." -- Betty Friedan
"Strong medicine for all those who would censor sexual expression in cyberspace." -- Jerry Berman,Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
"Defending Pornography is valuable precisely because of its lucid, broad exploration of the long debate over pornography." * The Washington Post Book World *



Book Information
ISBN 9780814781494
Author Nadine Strossen
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint New York University Press
Publisher New York University Press
Weight(grams) 431g