Cornell Drucilla – Die Versuchung der Pornographie
An Pornographie haben sich die Geister immer schon geschieden. Die einen glauben, Pornographie sei ein Zeichen größter Liberalität; die anderen meinen, Frauen widerfahre in der Pornographie eine ungeheure Diskriminierung und Degradierung, die letztlich in sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen münde.

Cossman B. u.a (Hg.) - In Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision.
Bad Attitude/s on Trial is a critical analysis of pornography in the context of contemporary Canada. The notion that pornography both reflects sexual domination and 'victimizes' women has recently found expression in law in the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler (1992). Many feminists embrace this new law as progressive, but in the post-Butler years, straight, mainstream pornography is still flourishing, while sexual representations that challenge conventional notions of sexuality, such as those centring on gay and lesbian sex and s/m sex, are the focus of censorship.

Easton Susan M. - The Problem of Pornography: Regulation and the Right to Free Speech
Can a commitment to free speech be reconciled with the regulation of pornography? Easton explores and evaluates the feminist and liberal arguments to establish that it can. A text invaluable to anyone interested in this, the thorniest of issues.

Gibson, Pamela Church and Roma Gibson, ed. Dirty Looks: Women, Pornography, Power.
The 14 essayists here present what they consider an oddity: feminist writings against the censorship of pornography. Opposing such procensorship feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin, they present a case for understanding pornography as a text with indeterminate meaning. Lynn Segal examines the experimental evidence on porn and violence and concludes we cannot assert that the two are casually linked. Two essays on porn performance artist Annie Sprinkle (known to invite audience members to view her cervix through a speculum) value her contributions to the debate, finding, ultimately, that she too treats pornography as a text with multiple contexts that demand recognition. Though the writers are generally condescending to the moral Right and consider themselves and their views more unique than they really are, the work will be important to academic collections on women and pornography.

Maschke Karen J. - Pornography, Sex Work, and Hate Speech
Many of the articles bring race, social, and economic factors into their analyses, observing, for example, that black women, poor women, and single mothers are treated by the wielders of the power of the law differently than middle class white women. Other topics covered include the evolution of women's legal status, reproduction rights, sexuality and family issues, equal employment and educational opportunities, domestic violence, pornography and sexual exploitation, hate speech, and feminist legal thought. A valuable research and classroom aid, this series provides in-depth coverage of specific legal issues and takes into account the major legal changes and policies that have had an impact on the lives of American women.

McKinnon Catherine - Nur Worte

Russell, Diana E.H. Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape
Most women and some men think pornography is `just sex.' They are unaware of the violence and abuse, and the dehumanization and degradation of women in pornography, or of the bigotry, contempt, and hatred of women it fosters, or the evidence of harm experienced by women and children in the making of pornography or as a result of its use. The pornography industry thrives on this ignorance. In this book Professor Russell argues the case against pornography with scientific evidence of the causal relationship between pornography and sexual violence

Williams, Linda -. Hardcore. Power, Pleasure, and the `Frenzy of the Visible'
Hard Core traces ". . . the changing meaning and function of the genre of pornography. . . ." As a scholarly study of "'mainstream,' heterosexual, hard-core pornography," that is, as a specific film category, it is both articulate and comprehensive. However, the anticensorship view, while offering some valid arguments, minimizes today's realities--the violence and degradation of women. Perhaps pornography should be about fantasy and sex, but at least for now, it is more about power. As a study of film genre, Hard Core is recommended for upper level students. However, its social context should be tempered by other works.