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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting but anachronistic,
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This review is from: Men Confront Pornography (Hardcover)
This collection of essays on men's views of pornography (authored by men) provides a cross section of opinions from anti to pro. Most are reasoned and balanced. But first published over 20 years ago, the collection is anachronistic. The wave of pornography referred to at this time was a ripple in comparison to the tsumami of porn that has come with the internet. The concerns about porn in 1990 related mostly to feminist issues around the objectification and debasement of women (which are clearly still relevant) and the belief that porn contributed to violence against women (this always was and is still a topic of debate). It would be intersting to see what the same authors think now given the exponential technological changes that have occured since they last wrote on the issue. If the phenomenon was complex and worrying then, it is all the more so now but for different (or additional) and unanticipated reasons. The book provides a humbling insight into how myopic we can be about the longer term impact of cultural and social changes.
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Men Confront Pornography by Michael Kimmel (Hardcover - March 10, 1990)
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