Why are Women Devouring Fifty Shades of Grey?

[Warren DeMontague]

178. McCain-Feingold? You're really all over the map, here, aren't you.

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I've pointed out that the folks in the forefront of the so-called "anti-porn" movement are clearly deeply embedded with members of the religious right. Take a look at, for instance, who the trustees are of the "Lighted Candle Society", another group which has been favorably referenced in these threads.

It's not just "one joint effort"; it's been a long-term clear alliance, starting with MacKinnon and Dworkin and Meese, followed through to today. The reason for this is because the people deeply committed to censoring depictions or descriptions of consenting adult sex are a small, yet vocal, minority- most self-Described Feminists, for instance, don't want anything to do with censorship, or Dworkin, or the 2nd wave. So it's a minority. And the majority of that minority is comprised of religious fundamentalists.

As such, it's an alliance of desperation, or necessity in the case of folks like Reisman, because real, actual "scientists" who will spout gibberish about a picture of a naked boob being 100X more addictive than heroin, are hard to find indeed.

Beyond that, realistically... what "legislation" do you actually think is going to be achieved, here? Are you honestly under the impression that someone is going to start banning porn? Or Shitty erotic novels sold at Costco, for that matter?

I mean, talk about weird fantasies.