Issues for Action
Pornography & Abuse: Studies Link Porn to Sexual Assault
Sexual Offenders and Pornography: A Causal Connection?
Australian Institute of Criminology
Includes New Zealand and Australian information
Paedophilia: Policy and Prevention
Australian Institute of Criminology
‘Objectification’ (Dehumanisation) Pre-Requisite to Abuse
For one person to abuse another, the perpetrator must first objectify their victim. We have seen the destructive effects of mass-scale objectification in Nazi Germany, and in past attitudes to black slaves, where all types of abuse (including rape and murder) became ‘justifiable’ to the perpetrators. Pornography assists the process of objectifying women and, in the case of child pornography, children. Women and children deserve better.
Last reviewed 24 Mar 2010.
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To lobby for legislative changes to prevent indiscriminate advertising of pornography, especially internet pornography, to audiences including children, particularly outdoors and in public places.
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“...every time someone watches that movie [Deep Throat], they're watching me being raped.”
— Linda Boreman (a.k.a. “Linda Lovelace”), former porn actress
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“I have never met [a porn actress] that hasn't been sexually abused by an uncle, by a father, by a boyfriend, by somebody. They all have that in common.”
— Traci Lords (formerly Nora Louise Kuzma), rape victim (age 10) and former porn actress |
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