History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Fucking creeps [View all]whathehell
(30,535 posts)Thanks for the compliment, and yes, I would definitely recommend the book.
Ms. Brownmiller got a lot of buzz for that book...She was written up in Time, Newsweek, etc,
and in fact I believe she received some kind of national award. She started the Women Against Pornography
group in New York (I attended one conference then way back in the late 70's) but so much internal
dissension followed among Feminists about Porn -- a lot of them went the way of the old First Amendment Defense,
and it just kind of died, as an issue, unfortunately.
For what it's worth, there IS a man, believe it or not, named Robert Jenson, who heads up an anti-porn group.
I can't remember the name of it, but they've had some meetings at a college, whose name I can't remember,
.."Wheelock"?...Does that sound right?...They show how really BAD porn has become and they actually even provide
counselors (!) for the women who come to see it -- I'll be honest -- I so want to support these efforts, but I do
find exposure to the worst of it affects me too much, mentally and emotionally...Even arguing on that thread,
put me in a funk...I'm glad we can come here and discuss things in peace...That being said, I do think it needs to
be confronted...I just have to do it "in doses", I guess, because it's so upsetting.
As for your question -- No, I didn't see that guy's post, but it doesn't surprise me -- You know the last post I wrote,
where I said "Women's right to equality outweighs men's "right" to a sick erection"?...Well, Lumberjack Jeff
just responded to that by telling me that I'm "against erections"....He "thanked" me for "dropping the pose" that our objections to rape
porn had anything to do with women's welfare, and accused me, or feminists in general, of wanting to PUNISH men.