ABSTRACT

The pornography debate in the feminist movement is now about a decade old, and the arguments on both sides have been stated and re-stated many times. The debate has often focused on and has gained particular poignancy in relation to the nascent lesbian pornography. It has also become entwined with the lesbian sado-masochism 1 debate in such a way that the two seem almost to designate two aspects of the same debate: a pro-SM stance is usually regarded as the natural counterpart of an anti-anti-pornography stance, and vice versa.