Women Against Censorship

Abstract

This book is a collection of papers by (mostly) Canadian feminists, whose aim is to provide a critique of feminist 'anti-pornography theory' (Snitow) and then indicate what actions this implies for feminists. The contributors are unanimous in the view that "difficulties and contradictions notwithstanding, for women freedom lies not in accepting censorship, but in repudiating it" (Burstyn, Introduction). In light of the critique of feminist anti-pornography theory the authors advocate how feminists (and men who support them) ought to proceed in dealing with the thorny issue of pornography -- an issue Callwood sees as having produced a schism within the feminist movement. The contributors (fourteen in all) are lawyers, academics, filmmakers , writers/journalists, and artists.