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Tales from the Clit: A Female Experience of Pornography

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This book goes into the heads of various women involved in the pornography world, and explores their good, bad and ambivalent feelings towards porn. The women involved freely admit that some porn is degrading, while other porn is fantastic. And I agree with them.

This series of twenty-seven essays from the Feminists Against Censorship covers from the woman's perspective. The book has a tendency to drag in its middle section. It is simply too much of the same argument. Yes we know that the United Kingdom has harsh censorship laws. We know that some porn can be educational as well as entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big proponent or opponent of the genre. But I do feel that consenting adults have the right to decide what materials they, within reason, are allowed to bring into their homes and to read and purchase. This book gives the very basics of the argument but don't look for much resolution of the problem in the pages of this book.

While the arguments are valid, this book drags on and on AND ON AND ON and on. With the exception of How To Program in C++ I had to read in college, this is by far the most boring book I've ever read. Excellent material to keep on the bedside table in case of insomnia, though!

"Tales from the Clit" is a thought-provoking anthology of writings by pro-queer, sex-positive civil libertarian radical feminists on the politics of porn. In a time of censorship, sexual repression and anti-feminist backlash, this book is a welcome addition to feminist discourse on sexuality, women's liberation, free speech and self-determination.

Sex is important to us all because sex is how we got here -- it's a fundamental drive. Puritans of every faith and political persuasion forbid depictions of this most precious and fun moment, and the short essays in this book lash out at those puritans. Each of the writers experienced an epiphany of freedom after reconciling their attraction to whatever kind of pornography snared their imaginations. Each continues to struggle against the forces of law, conformity, religion, and repression that waste our time with preposterous threats of social collapse and eternal damnation. Their discoveries, preferences, prescriptions, playthings, and proselytizing made excellent reading for me. In part, I found the essays moving because many of the writers experience the same sorts of ambivalence I've had toward porn. Additionally, the essays are intensely personal statements of individual sexual philosophy and history. "Tales from the Clit" is like a pile of letters from outrageous friends -- if you choose to be friendly with women who like porn.

I loved this book. It provides fresh insight into the social aspects of pornography and its impact on society. Challenging.

Book of essays of women in the sex industry. Interesting enough but I seemed to finish essay to essay not feeling complete in my questions of women in the sex industry.

I beleive you have to have an open-mind to open this book. Clear your misconseptions of porn and open this book. Very chalenging

In this book certain women relate their experiences with pornography.Some of them work in the pornography industry.In this book porn is considered simply to be explicit sexual imagery.There is no admission that some porn can be harmful, especially the type that degrades people (men or women).If people had positive sexual relationships, they wouldn't need porn.Porn is grotty by definition.This book is put out by the so-called Feminists Against Censorship, which is simply a front for the porn industry.Genuine feminists do not support pornography.