| Take Back the Night: Women on Pornography | Laura Lederer | HarperCollins | 1980 |
A collection of articles by women concerning the dangers of pornography and exploring the issue of limiting those dangers without violating the right to freedom of speech.
Selected chapters available to read here.
Table of Contents
1. Questions We Get Asked Most Often / Diana E.H. Russell with Laura Lederer
2. Excerpt on Pornography from Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape / Susan Brownmiller
3. Erotica and Pornography: A Clear and Present Difference / Gloria Steinem
4. Pornography, Oppression, And Freedom: A Closer Look / Helen E. Longino
5. An Interview with A Former Pornography Model / Laura Lederer
6. Child Pornography / Florence Rush
7. Testimony Against Pornography: Witness from Denmark / edited by Diana E.H. Russell
8. Pornography in Sweden: A Feminist’s Perspective, An Interview with Britta Stovling
9. Lesbianism and Erotica in Pornographic America / Charlotte Bunch
10. Coming Apart / Alice Walker
11. Racism in Pornography and The Women’s Movement / Tracey A. Gardner
12. A Quiet Subversion / Luisah Teish
13. “Playboy Isn’t Playing”, An Interview with Judith Bat-Ada
14. Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape / Robin Morgan
15. Sadism and Catharsis: The Treatment Is the Disease / Susan Griffin
16. Why So-Called Radical Men Love and Need Pornography / Andrea Dworkin
17. Men and Pornography: Why They Use It / Phyllis Chesler
18. Pornography and The Dread of Women: The Male Sexual Dilemma / Susan Lurie
19. The Propaganda of Misogyny / Beverly Labelle
20. A Little Knowledge / Ann Jones
21. Pornography and Repression: A Reconsideration Of “Who” And “What” / Irene Diamond
22. Dirty Books, Dirty Films, And Dirty Data / Pauline B. Bart And Margaret Jozsa
23. Pornography and Violence: What Does the New Research Say? / Diana E.H. Russell
24. Pornography and The First Amendment: Prior Restraints and Private Action / Wendy Kaminer
25. A Political-Legal Analysis of Pornography / Robin Yeamans
26. Let’s Put Pornography Back in The Closet / Susan Brownmiller
27. For Men, Freedom of Speech; For Women, Silence Please / Andrea Dworkin
28. “We Sisters Join Together …” / Megan Boler, Robin Lake, And Bridget Wynne
29. “Women Have Seized the Executive Offices of Grove Press Because …” / Laura Lederer
30. Snuff
31. The Ultimate in Woman-Hating / Beverly Labelle
32. Fighting Pornography / Martha Gever And Marg Hall
33. Pornography and Grief / Andrea Dworkin
34. Uses of The Erotic: The Erotic as Power / Audre Lorde
35. Pornography and The Women’s Liberation Movement / Diana E.H. Russell
36. Beyond Pornography: From Defensive Politics to Creating A Vision / Kathleen Barry
