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Dangerous Relationships
Pornography, Misogyny and Rape


May 1998 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Diana E. H. Russell, well-known for her pioneer research on the prevalence of rape and child sexual abuse, the reality of wife rape, the trauma of incestuous abuse, and the misogynist killing of women (femicide), breaks new ground once again in her analysis of pornography and its relationship with misogyny and rape. In this unflinching and uncompromising volume, Diana E. H. Russell examines the relationships between pornography, misogyny, and rape. As the title implies, Russell contends that these relationships are in fact dangerous to women. Dangerous Relationships begins by dealing with the vexing and thorny issue of defining pornography and considers the various types of pornographic materials that are commonly available. Russell turns to the notion that hatred of women is a predominate aspect of pornography and that racist undercurrents are often exploited in visual pornography of all types. She examines the conception of pornography as a cause of rape and provides a rich body of statistical evidence supporting the relationship. Dangerous Relationships argues forcefully that pornography indeed has victims and is a call to arms against the misogyny it engenders. Because pornography is increasingly accessible through the Internet, CD ROMs, digital cameras, and new technology, Dangerous Relationships will be important to scholars in the fields of violence against women, child abuse, interpersonal violence, deviant psychology, sociology, and criminal justice.

 
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY?
 
Defining Pornography
 
Inconsistencies in Definitions
 
Types of Pornography
 
The Contents of Pornography
 
The Circulation Rates for Selected Pornographic Magazines
 
PART TWO: PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES AS WOMAN HATRED
 
Picturing Woman Hatred
 
What's in the Picture and What Does It Mean?
 
PART THREE: PORNOGRAPHY AS A CAUSE OF RAPE
 
Pornography Is No Fantasy
 
Males' Propensity To Rape
 
Pornography as a Cause of Rape
Theory and Research

 
 
Further Empirical Findings on Pornography as a Cause of Rape
 
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
 
Introduction
 
American Public Opinion on Pornography
 
The Power of Pro-Porn Americans To Dominate

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