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In
XXX - A Woman's Right to Pornography , feminist
Wendy McElroy boldly and convincingly asserts
that pornography benefits women. The message
of XXX
, as McElroy says, "is not that every woman
should read or watch pornography. It is that
every woman should decide for herself." By
giving a history of pornography and feminism
in America,
McElroy reveals that pornography and feminism
make strange bedfellows. Their number one obstacle
is
censorship, yet somehow anti-porn feminists are
now in bed with the censors. "With all the
voices shouting about pornography--pro and con--the
ones least heeded are those of women who work
in the industry, " writes McElroy. Unlike
any other books on the subject, XXX is the only
one
to investigate the women in the porn industry
by speaking directly to them. While unflinchingly
and unapologetically debunking the anti-pornography
feminist arguments, McElroy builds a sensible
and
broad minded testimony for tolerance and for
the right of women everywhere to enjoy their
sensuality.
XXX provides a rare and insightful vantage on
the prn industry that will change the way we
look at
the current pornography debate.
Wendy McElroy
is a committed feminist who happens to believe
that
pornography benefits women. Although
she writes in defense of pornography, her personal
life is not sensatinoal. She is happily married
and lives in rural Canada. McElroy's crusade
for pornography does not ocme from a desire
to justify
any personal lifestyle choices, but fom a genuine
love of free expression and a commitment to
human diversity.
In addition to XXX, McElroy
has published The Reasonable Woman: A Guide
to Intellectual Survival
(1998),
and Queen Silver: The Godless Girl (1999),
and four academic books: an index to Liberty,
Freedom,
Feminism and the State; Sexual Correctness:
The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women, and
Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century:
Cleected
Writings
and Biographical Profiles (2000). With
Carl Watner, she has edited Dissenting Electorate:
Those Who
Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their
Opposition, released in December 2000.
Ms.
McElroy is the editor of ifeminist.com,
a website for the individualist feminist. |
