Issues for Action
NZ a Safe-Haven for Producing Illegal Porn for International Markets
A 2008 article in the Sunday News1 revealed that Wellington-based porn dealer Fritz Petersen was being investigated by Internal Affairs over claims he distributed a collection of international films containing footage ordered unfit for New Zealand audiences by the Chief Censor's office.
The rights to five of the films involved in the probe including Who's Your Mommie, Daddy's Little Princess #2 and Chocolate Pussy Factory are owned by Steve Crow's company, Vixen Direct, which made a number of cuts to the films at the direction of the censor. Petersen brought the titles into New Zealand and then distributed them without making the cuts ordered by the censor.
Does this mean that NZ a safe-haven for producing illegal porn for international markets?
Would we view the production of other illegal material — such as drugs — in the same way?
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1 Kristian South, "Cops probe blue-movie king as porn wars heat up," Sunday News, 27 Jul 2008.
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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“Even soft-core pornography portrays women as sex objects who exist only to give sexual satisfaction to men. They are ‘pets’ or ‘playmates’ valued only from the neck down. Many porn addicts now admit they find it hard not to view women as chunks of meat because of viewing pornography.”
— Shelley Lubben (a.k.a. “Roxy”), former porn actress
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“Many porn actresses admit they’ve experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse and neglect by parents which ultimately led them to the porn industry. Some were raped or physcially abused by relatives and molested by neighbors... I have yet to meet a porn star that doesn't have either physical or sexual abuse in her background... Porn is NOT glamorous.”
— Shelley Lubben (a.k.a. “Roxy”), former porn actress
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