ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a round-table discussion with Gail Dines (G.D.), Linda Thompson (L.T.) and Rebecca Whisnant (R.W.), chaired by Karen Boyle (K.B.) and recorded in Leeds in June 2009. Gail and Rebecca are US-based academics, anti-pornography activists and founders of Stop Porn Culture. In 2007, they – together with Robert Jensen – launched a new anti-pornography slide show at a two-day anti-pornography conference at Wheelock College, Boston.1 Linda Thompson is a Development Worker with the Women’s Support Project (a feminist anti-violence organization) and works against all forms of commercial sexual exploitation across Scotland. Members of Linda’s organization attended the Wheelock conference and have since brought Gail and Rebecca to Scotland to speak at events challenging the demand from men for commercial sex, including pornography.
