Rae Langton
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| - | Some, it seems, have their attitudes and | + | |
| - | behavior altered by it in ways that ultimately hurt women: they can become | + | "Some, it seems, have their attitudes and behavior altered by it in ways that ultimately hurt women: they can become more likely to view women as inferior, more disposed to accept rape myths (for example, that women enjoy rape), more likely to view rape victims as deserving of their treatment, and more likely to say that they themselves would rape if they could get away with it. So I interpret the available evidence. See Edward Donnerstein, Daniel Linz, and Steven Penrod, ''[[The Question of Pornography : Research Findings and Policy Implications (New York: Free Press; London: Coller Macmillan, 1987)." |
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| - | themselves would rape if they could get away with it.33 This in turn means | + | |
| - | that some women are hurt by it. In Easterbrook's words, pornography | + | |
| - | perpetuates the cycle of "insult and injury at home, battery and rape on the | + | |
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| - | The claim that pornography harms women is not yet the perlocutionary | + | |
| - | claim conceded by the court that pornography perpetuates women's subordination. | + | |
| - | Plenty of people are harmed by cigarettes, but they are not | + | |
| - | thereby subordinated. A link between harm and subordination is made, | + | |
| - | 33. So I interpret the available evidence. See Edward Donnerstein, Daniel Linz, and | + | |
| - | Steven Penrod,T he Question of PornographyR: esearchF indings and Policy Implications | + | |
| - | (New York: Free Press; London: Coller Macmillan, I 987). | + | |
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Rae Helen Langton (born 1961) is an Australian and British professor of philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and taught previously at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published widely on Immanuel Kant's philosophy, moral philosophy, political philosophy, metaphysics, and feminist philosophy. She is also well-known for her work on questions about the ethics of pornography and objectification.
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"Some, it seems, have their attitudes and behavior altered by it in ways that ultimately hurt women: they can become more likely to view women as inferior, more disposed to accept rape myths (for example, that women enjoy rape), more likely to view rape victims as deserving of their treatment, and more likely to say that they themselves would rape if they could get away with it. So I interpret the available evidence. See Edward Donnerstein, Daniel Linz, and Steven Penrod, [[The Question of Pornography : Research Findings and Policy Implications (New York: Free Press; London: Coller Macmillan, 1987)."
