ABSTRACT
The degree to which pornography ought to be restricted is typically assessed in light of the First Amendment, or the moral right to freedom of expression more generally. The pornography industry faces a number of regulations. It is illegal, for children to be connected with pornography in any way. Sales to minors are forbidden, as is the use of children in the production process; even the consumption of child pornography by adults is unlawful. Aesthetic considerations have grounded limitations on public displays and advertising. If the right to consume pornography, grounded in an interest in personal autonomy, is to be overridden on the basis of direct harm, there must exist a fairly clear connection between the exposure and the harm. The equality argument against pornography is perhaps the most novel of those offered by the feminist camp, and it deserves thoughtful consideration.
