Regressions and Advances (Was: Re: Walzer on the Left)

[gadfly at exitleft.org]

Quoting Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>:
> Kendall Clark wrote:
> 
> >Instead, the pro-sex Suzie Bright, Pat Califa element of feminism
> >became dominant, and now porn is more mainstream and more widespread
> >than ever before.
> 
> Unlike you, I count this as firmly on the side of progress. Who needs 
> a bunch of censorious prudes speaking in the name of feminism?
> 

aren't you assuming that kendall doesn't like porn as much
as you do? your quote above seems to remove the context he
attempts to establish: that porn "if the reports are to be
believed" contributes to rape, etc. and i am guessing like
kendall you are not for that. so, are you saying that porn
does not contribute to rape, or that even if it does, the
causation can be removed while keeping the porn?

        --ravi