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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pornography and Censorship, a woman's view + my view
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 22:58:28 EDT
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Subject: Re: Pornography and Censorship, a woman's view

> What I'd like to see, is an increase in awareness among the
> people in our society that pornography is degrading to women
> and promotes sexist attitudes, is exploitive of women, etc.,
> so that individuals in our society no longer condone
> pornography.  It is the change in attitudes that is
> important.
  
Did it ever occur to you that pornography can also be degrading to men?
  
Only a sub-class of pornography is more degrading to women than it is to men.
  
  Farzin Mokhtarian
   
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