Contribution to Book
Confronting Pornography: Some Conceptual Basics
Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Abstract
There can be no doubt, at this moment in history, that pornography is a truly massive industry saturating the human community. According to one set of numbers, the US porn industry's revenue went from $7 million in 1972 to $8 billion in 1996 ... and then to $12 billion in 2000.
Now I'm no economist, and I understand about inflation, but even so, it seems to me that a thousand-fold increase in a particular industry's revenue within 25 years is something that any thinking person has to come to grips with. Something is happening in this culture, and no person's understanding of sexuality or experience of relationships can be unaffected.
Inclusive pages
15-27
ISBN/ISSN
9781876756499
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2004, Spinifex Press
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Place of Publication
North Melbourne, Australia
Disciplines
Citation Information
Rebecca Whisnant. "Confronting Pornography: Some Conceptual Basics" Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (2004) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebecca-whisnant/17/
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