rsity of Michigan believes that women are doubly violated. She says that every time porn is made, the viewer is exposed to violence against women again and again. Anti-porn feminists such as these continue to support the censorship of pornography, especially hard-core and violent pornography. However, not all women agree. Some feminists agree that pornography has its place, and that by censoring it, feminisms goals of liberating sexual expression are contradicted. Author Nadine Strossen argues that censoring sexual expression would do women more harm than good, undermining their equality, their autonomy and their freedom (Elmer-Dewitt 5). She writes that anti-porn feminists hold a very fearful, very negative view of human sexuality, especially female sexuality. Strossen and other feminists argue that furthering womens rights will be achieved through fighting censorship, not pornography (Wekesser 137). World ViewAnother problem that exists with censorship of cyberporn is that for technical reasons, it would be extremely difficult to stamp out images stored on Usenet newsgroups. The Net considers censorship as damaging and routes around it. There are also border issues to consider. Other countries would surely not appreciate the United States censoring material that they do not have laws against. So who are we to dictate what they can or cannot see (Elmer-Dewitt 5)? Statistics/View From A Technical Standpoint There is an abundance of porn online. In an 18-month study, researchers from Carnegie Mellon determined that of the 917,410 sexually explicit pictures, descriptions, short stories and film clips, 83.5 percent of the pictures were pornographic (on the Usenet newsgroups where digitized images are stored). It is also extremely popular and a huge moneymaker. According to the report, trading in sexually explicit imagery is, if not the largest, one of the largest recreational activities practiced by users. The Carneg...
