PORNOGRAPHY AS A CAUSE OF RAPE
This version of "Pornography As a Cause of Rape" has been excerpted from my book, Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm (Berkeley, California: Russell Publications, 1994). In addition to the material in this essay, this book includes over a hundred examples of pornographic pictures, each of which is accompanied by my analysis of the sexism and misogyny revealed in the photograph.
Table of Contents
Introduction: What is pornography?
Inconsistencies in definitions
The circulation of major pornography magazines
Pornography as violence against women
A theory about the causative role of pornography
I. The role of pornography in predisposing some males to want to rape
III. The role of pornography in undermining some males' social inhibitions
IV. The role of pornography in undermining potential victims' abilities to avoid or resist rape
Further empirical findings on the causative role of pornography in rape