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Article: Whip me, beat me and while you're at it cancel my N.O.W. membership. (feminists war against each other over pornography)
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- The Washington Monthly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1987
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WHIP ME, BEAT ME AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT CANCEL MY N.O.W. MEMBERSHIP
"The anti-pornography campaigndoesn't want to hear about pleasure and what turns us on,' Paula Webster, a feminist writer, defiantly told the feminists at the 1985 "Women and the Law' conference. Webster was representing the "pro-sex' side of the feminist debate over pornography and politically correct sex. "Something cold, mean, and unforgiving is being shoved down my throat by steely-eyed women who transmit a feeling of hysteria.' Portions of the audience that was packed into the room hissed and booed. "This campaign may really be a symbolic castration of men,' she continued to more hissing.
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