ound the country. Though movements against pornography had existed prior to feminist anti-pornographygroups, they were previously conservative or moral majority inspired. Then came groupssuch as the Anti-Porn Feminists (APFEM) and the Women Against Violence inPornography in the Media (WAVPM). These groups had limited following because ofthe feminist ideology of freedom of speech and expression. Due to this lack ofagreement on terms and standards, the supporters have never been centralized. Supporters may be varied and polarized but most believe that there is a real problem andthere must be suitable action.The reason that this movement exists are due to findings of surveys and studies aswell as testimony of women who have suffered from pornography at one time or another. The studies are varied and numerous. To provide examples of these surveys I would liketo illustrate the findings of several of them.The first finding comes from a 1983 study by Edward Donnerstein. He polledmale high-school and college students on 37 states and came to the following conclusion. 25% to 30% of male students who admit that there is some likelihood that they wouldrape a woman if the could be assured of getting away with it, increases to 57% afterexposure to sexually violent images depicting women enjoying rape. This means that asa result of one brief exposure to pornography, the number of males who are willing toconsider rape as a plausible act for them actually doubles.On such brief exposure to pornography also increases male subjects acceptanceof rape myths and interpersonal violence against women. This essentially means thatporn viewers have lower inhibitions than exist in the absence of pornography. They aremore likely to act out violent desires and fantasies including submissive and dominationsex. This evidence is overwhelmingly supported by a follow-up study from anindependent source.Larry Baron and Murray Straus undertook a 50-state correlati...
