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Article: Porn free; feminists rally around the First Amendment. (Trends)
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- Reason
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- April 1, 1994
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BECAUSE ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY STATutes championed by feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin have enjoyed a high profile during the last few years, the media often characterize feminists in toto as favoring the censorship of offensive materials. But the National Coalition Against Censorship's recent campaign to change anti-porn language in the Violence Against Women Act (S. 11/H.R. 1133) indicates, in fact, that women's groups are becoming more vocal in their condemnations of censorship.
The NCAC is made up of 43 different artistic, cultural, political, and educational groups that share a disdain for censorship. While not specifically a feminist ...