Pornography

Pornography & Colonization

by Amanda Puckett

Accepted for publication in The Critical Initiative, California State University, San Marcos' academic, peer reviewed, journal.

Under the Counter, Under the Radar? The Business and Regulation of the Pornographic Press in Sweden 1950–1971

by Klara Arnberg

published in Enterprise & Society (2012), 13 (2)

In this article, the process leading to decriminalization of pornography in Sweden in 1971 is analyzed. The interplay... more In this article, the process leading to decriminalization of pornography in Sweden in 1971 is analyzed. The interplay between the structural institutional level and company behavior is stressed, with an emphasis on business strategies. The article shows that the division between hard-core and soft-core pornographic magazines in Sweden was quite different than the development in the United Kingdom and the United States. It also shows how the business strategies used by hard-core pornographers challenged the obscenity legislation and regulation of national distribution, making them obsolete. Even though there was fierce competition between the pornography companies, producers formed joint alternative distribution channels crucial to the survival of the industry.

Mellan organisationspress och sensationell nakenhet. Nudist- och naturistpressen i Sverige 1951-1968

by Klara Arnberg

in Presshistorisk årsbok 2012

“Virtual panic: children online and the transmission of harm” in Moral Panics over Contemporary Children and Youth. Ed. Charles Krinsky. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008, 31-46.

by Robert Payne

Bienvenidos a la pornotemática

by Salvador Raggio

Introductory essay to La condición pornográfica
Ficciones iberoamericanas de contenido pernicioso
Editorial El Cuervo, La Paz, Bolivia (2011): 13-24. Print.
Book. ISBN 978-99954-749-9-7

Selftubes: Construction of Identities in Web Porn [Selftubes: konštrukcia identít vo webovom porne]

by Michal Bočák

Bočák, Michal. 2012. "Selftubes: Construction of Identities in Web Porn." Paper presented at conference Media and Text 3, Veľký Šariš (Slovakia), 21st – 22nd October 2010. [Paper in Slovak submitted for review.]

This study presents results of the qualitative analysis of constructions of identities in heterosexual pornographic... more This study presents results of the qualitative analysis of constructions of identities in heterosexual pornographic videos’ titles on pornographic websites (tubes). Conceptualising porn as a contemporary Western androcentric discourse of sexuality, the author argues that if porn ought to appeal to socially determined desires of its consumers, it can’t be done only by shooting the bodies in detail: it has to represent identities as “ready-made”, widely shared social categories – these are what assign the status of imaginable social situation to (otherwise “mechanical”) sex act. Moreover, in a pornographised culture which is accepting a pornographic logic also beyond the pornosphere it can be reasoned that the porn partakes on re-/defining of identities (meaning not only genders and desires) significantly. The analysis of porn videos’ titles clearly confirms an introductory theoretical conceptualisation of the identity/subjectivity as an unstable, situational entity as well as it proves the multiplicity and intersectionality of identity, stated by its present theories. It appears notably in the systematic power structuring of the intersections of gender, racial/ethnic, age and other social categories, which actually are, according to the author of the study, naturalising the central gender asymetry and the androcentric order.

Keywords: pornography – porn – web – subject – identity – construction – video’s title – intersectionality – asymetry – androcentrism

From Sense to Choice—A Thomistic Approach to the Contemporary Temptation of Pornography

by Benjamin Winter

The advent of the internet has brought tremendous new possibilities and problems for contemporary society.... more The advent of the internet has brought tremendous new possibilities and problems for contemporary society. Specifically, the church has struggled to confront the accessibility of pornography on the web. Because radical technological development has made this unique temptation possible, preexistent theological frameworks are difficult to utilize when making a case for its immorality. This paper focuses on the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, whose theory of the passions exposes the inner workings of lust. I systematically analyze the various faculties of the soul involved in the choice to click a link to pornography by tracing the origin of temptation from the passive potencies (sense powers) to its culmination in the sensitive appetite. I conclude that when reason alone cannot curb appetitive passions, moral virtue must be imbued in the sensitive appetite through the formation of ethical (virtuous) habits that direct one's soul towards the ultimate good of eternal life.

Munteanu, D. G. (2011). Lingerie, Femininity and Victorian Pornography. From Amelia Bloomer to the ‘Lewd’ Industry.

by Dinu Munteanu

Paper, "Aesthetics, Art, and Pornography; An Interdisciplinary Conference", 16-18 June 2011, Institute of Philosophy, London.

Australian Adult Industry Censorship Survey 2002

by Peter John Chen

Thus summary document presents the findings of a survey of members of the Australian Adult Industry undertaken in the... more Thus summary document presents the findings of a survey of members of the Australian Adult Industry undertaken in the first quarter of 2002.
The aims of the research project were to determine the impact of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 on commercial operators of adult
services and product sales in Australia.
Overall, while the total response rate to the survey as was low, sixty respondents participated in the research project, comprised of companies from all parts of the Australian
Adult Industry.The research found that, in relation to Internet censorship:
· Awareness of the law was reasonably high
· Limited action was taken in response to the law
· The law had limited impact on the industry
In Addition, with regards to the use of new media by commercial operators:
· Website growth rates remain steady
· Advertising remains the primary function of adult industry websites
· The ratio of eCommerce providers to non-providers continues to rise
· Continued growth in eCommerce is anticipated

Queer Negotiations Between Love and Work

by Michael Johnson Jr.

Pornographic art - a case from definitions

by Simon Fokt

forthcoming in The British Journal of Aesthetics

Neither the exclusivists, who hold that pornography can never be art, nor their opponents ever specify what they... more Neither the exclusivists, who hold that pornography can never be art, nor their opponents ever specify what they actually mean by `art', even though it seems natural that their conclusions should vary depending on how the concept is understood. This paper offers a `definitional crossword' - it confronts some definitions of pornography with the currently most well-established definitions of art. My discussion shows that it would be inadequate to define art based on the exclusivists' implicit suggestions, and that following any of the modern explicit definitions entails that at least some pornography not only can be, but actually is art.

Regulating Youth Access to Pornography (2003)

by Michael Flood

Citation: Flood, Michael, and Clive Hamilton. (2003b). Regulating Youth Access to Pornography. Canberra: The Australia... more Citation: Flood, Michael, and Clive Hamilton. (2003b). Regulating Youth Access to Pornography. Canberra: The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 53, March.

Youth and Pornography in Australia: Evidence on the extent of exposure and likely effects (2003)

by Michael Flood

Citation: Flood, Michael, and Clive Hamilton. (2003a). Youth and Pornography in Australia: Evidence on the extent of exposure and likely effects. Canberra: The Australia Institute, Discussion Paper No. 52, February.

In the Flesh: Space and Embodiment in the Pornographic Peep Show Arcade

by Amy Herzog

The Velvet Light Trap 62 (Fall 2008): 29-43.

Iztok Šori_Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Exploitation in Prostitution and Pornography

by Iztok Šori

Iztok ŠORI (2009). Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Exploitation in Prostitution and Pornography. In: Milica ANTIĆ GABER (ed.), Violence in the EU examined, Policies on Violence against Women, Children and Youth in 2004 Accession Countries. Ljubljana: Faculty of Arts, 63-84.

PUBLICATION:
Violence in the EU examined
Policies on Violence against Women, Children and Youth in 2004 EU Accession Countries
Edited by: Milica Antić Gaber
Reviewed by: Matjaž Ambrož; Vesna Leskošek; Rosa Logar
Proof reading: Scribendi
Coordinating editors: Tina Romih, Iztok Šori
© University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 2009.
All rights reserved.
Published by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
Issued by: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
For the publisher: Valentin Bucik, Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Financed by: Daphne II Programme, European Commission
Ljubljana, 2009
1st edition
Circulation: 1.100
Cover design: Studio Signum
Interior design: Studio Signum
Printed by: Birografika Bori

CONTENT
Editor’s note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Part 1
What the Project Has to Say
The Project and the Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Milica Antić Gaber, Mojca Dobnikar, Irena Selišnik
Gendering Violence against Women, Children and Youth: From NGOs
via Internationalization to National States and Back? . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Irena Selišnik
Missing Measures against Gender-Based Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sara Rožman
Sexual Harassment at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Iztok Šori
Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Exploitation in Prostitution and
Pornography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tina Romih
Children and Youth Victims of Violence in the Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Part 2
What Theories Suggest
Carol Hagemann-White
Development of Policy on Violence against Women in Germany:
From the Shelter Movement to Policies for a “Chain of Intervention” . . . . . . 103
Katja Filipčič
Legal Responses to Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Jeff Hearn
Men as Perpetrators of Violence: Perspectives, Policies, Practices . . . . . . 125
Part 3
What Other Projects Found
Dalida Rittossa, Milana Trbojević Palalić
Suppressing the Secondary Victimisation of Sexually Abused Children:
A Croatian Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Abigail Stepnitz
The Mail-Order Bride Industry as a Form of Trafficking for Sexual and
Labour Exploitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Part 4
What Practice is Telling
Rada Grubić
Intercultural Work with Women and Children Exposed to
Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

'Treating it as a normal business': Researching the pornography industry

by Georgina Voss

Forthcoming in 'Sexualities', 2012.

This article examines the lack of research on the pornography industry and the means of addressing this situation.... more This article examines the lack of research on the pornography industry and the means of addressing this situation. Much contemporary pornography research invokes the apparent economic prowess of the pornography industry as justification for its work, yet focuses on the product and its reception rather than on the industry that produces it. In this paper I identify and discuss the specific institutional challenges around studying pornography within business studies, and also the opportunities that arose through this work. The research methods used in this study of the North American pornography industry are presented and discussed, together with considerations around access, authentication, and stigma. I challenge the dependence by current scholars on secondary data about the industry by offering theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches with which to gather rich empirical material, thus furthering the wider field of pornography research.

Erotic Medals

by Tomas Kleisner

Erotic coins and medals from the collection of The National Museum, Prague as they appeared in 2008 at a naughty exhibition "100 000 Years of Sex"

“Pop(ular) Porno. Adolescenti, corpi e socializzazione”, in “Comunicazionepuntodoc”, n. 2, Logo Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, 2010

by Alessandro Porrovecchio

ISBN: 978-88-95962-44-3

Projecto de Investigação para «ENTRE CORPOS E ECRÃS – IDENTIDADES E SEXUALIDADES DOS JOVENS NOS NOVOS MEDIA»

by Daniel Cardoso

Projecto de Doutoramento em Ciências da Comunicação arguido com nota de 17 valores.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: juventude, internet, sexualidade, pornografia, sexting, teoria queer



Este... more PALAVRAS-CHAVE: juventude, internet, sexualidade, pornografia, sexting, teoria queer



Este Trabalho Final de Curso tem como objectivo a apresentação de um projecto de investigação para a realização de uma Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências da Comunicação.

Irei partir de um trabalho de recolha e recensão bibliográfica crítica que permita determinar quais as mais recentes tendências e dados nas várias áreas dos usos sexualizados das novas tecnologias por parte dos jovens e crianças. Por outro lado, um outro objectivo, paralelo, é o de identificar as lacunas existentes na pesquisa actual, e procurar entender de que forma a investigação para esta Tese de Doutoramento poderá contribuir para sanar essa lacuna. Este olhar crítico terá como bases uma visão pós-estruturalista e dos estudos culturais, de abordagem queer, olhando para os mais recentes avanços na concepção e construção de identidades como a juventude ou a sexualidade.

A segunda parte deste Trabalho Final compreenderá a descrição das problemáticas colocadas especificamente pela Tese de Doutoramento pretendida, bem como uma descrição de quais os processos metodológicos que se pretende levar a cabo, de forma a conseguir oferecer resposta às questões levantadas; a acompanhar esta descrição estará um cronograma dos vários passos da investigação.

Neste caso em particular, alguns dos campos a serem revistos bibliograficamente são: a concepção sociológica e filosófica de identidade, sexualidade e orientação sexual, juventude, sujeito e sexo; os significados e debates em torno da pornografia; a noção de autonomia e literacia para os jovens, dentro e fora do contexto da cibercultura; os vários papéis que os jovens podem adoptar enquanto utilizadores, participantes e produtores de conteúdos; a retórica representacional e mediática do pânico moral; o papel específico das crianças e jovens dentro do dispositivo de sexualidade foucauldiano; o desenrolar da constituição de uma cidadania da intimidade e sexual nos jovens; a educação sexual na medida em que congrega questões de mediação escolar, parental e sócio-cultural, para além dos novos media.

As metodologias empregues pretendem, não o estabelecimento de uma amostragem e resultados representativos, mas antes uma mistura entre uma componente quantitativa e uma componente qualitativa, recorrendo inclusivamente aos dados do Projecto EU Kids Online para estabelecer pontes de ligação com um estudo representativo. Esta segunda será a mais preponderante no contexto – o objectivo aqui é o de delinear uma pesquisa longitudinal, que esteja capacitada para abarcar conceptualmente o processo, precisamente por causa da importância do processo e da necessidade de encontrar a reflexividade dentro da investigação e através dela. A análise crítica do discurso, análise de conteúdo – com cruzamentos entre teoria foucauldiana, teorias feministas, grounded theory, análise narrativa – e um constante trabalho de reflexão com os participantes da investigação serão ferramentas indispensáveis para tratar o material obtido através das várias rondas de entrevistas planeadas.

Por fim, tomando a abordagem da investigação académica como uma prática politicamente engajada e apreciando o lugar de privilégio que a academia é e constitui, haverá uma preocupação fundamental com a procura de pontes entre os resultados obtidos e a sua divulgação junto de stakeholders e responsáveis por políticas públicas.

Toward a symptomatology of cyberporn

by Michael Uebel