Feminism

It’s time to stop using regressive evolutionary theory to justify men’s sexual objectification of women Even ‘good men’ continue to defend men’s right to access female bodies, using debunked evolutionary theory. A backlash against…
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‘The Sexualized Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography’, Edited by Heather Brunskell-Evans (Cambridge Scholars), is an incredibly incisive analysis of how the porn industry shapes our culture, our bodies and our brains. Liberals…
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FiLiA Conference 2017 14th October - 15th October 2017 UCL Institute Of Education 20 Bedford WayLondon, WC1H 0AL + Google Map Pricing: One day £50 (£30 concession)Two days £80 (£50 concession)Party £5 (£3 concession)Children 0 - 12…
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PODCAST Today, pornography is inescapable. It shapes our self-image, our relationships, our sexualities — even our body hair removal practices. In academia, many media scholars have taken a non-critical approach to porn and third wave…
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Abstract This book is a story of one man’s journey through patriarchy, and his reflections on the issues of masculinity, sexuality, rape, pornography, prostitution, and transgenderism. Robert Jensen’s latest book The End of Patriarchy:…
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Sexual LiberationThe history of Playboy and the history of my own sexual life interleave. In my early teenage years in the late 1960s my limited knowledge of pornography extended only to the following: seeing a magazine behind the bike…
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I have admired Peter Tatchell for many years. He is an heroic political figure who has persistently spoken out against human rights abuses. In so doing he has opened himself to social vilification and even to physical violence.…
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We are witnessing the beginning of a third wave of feminism. Taking up the struggle of Victorian social reformers, suffragettes and the revolutionary feminists of the 1970s, feminists today are fighting again for equal treatment and an end…
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I found the film Suffragette utterly stirring. This came as something of a surprise to me. The voluminous press coverage has been unanimous: the film’s uniqueness lies in its focus on working class women’s struggle for the vote. It’s true…
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An article by Polly Neate, the Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, was published in the Telegraph on 11 June where she insists ‘we need to properly understand that the vast majority of victims of domestic abuse are women’. Neate was…
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The Motion From The Oxford Union : This House Would Embrace Sex Work as a Career Choice. ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing…
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As part of the Women of the World festival at the Southbank Centre, Woman’s Hour organized a debate on porn, asking the question ‘Can Porn Empower Women?’. Can it liberate, celebrate or enhance or does it enslave, debase or corrupt? Jane…
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