Virtual child pornography: The eroticization of inequality

dc.contributor.authorLevy, N.
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T17:17:09Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T17:17:09Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThe United States Supreme Court has recently ruled that virtual child pornography is protected free speech, partly on the grounds that virtual pornography does not harm actual children. I review the evidence for the contention that virtual pornography might harm children, and find that it is, at best, inconclusive. Saying that virtual child pornography does not harm actual children is not to say that it is completely harmless, however. Child pornography, actual or virtual, necessarily eroticizes inequality; in a sexist society it therefore contributes to the subordination of women.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLevy, N. (2002). Virtual child pornography: The eroticization of inequality. Ethics and Information Technology, 4(4), 319-323.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://web.mit.edu/21w.784/www/BD%20Supplementals/Materials/Unit%20Two/Rape%20and%20Porn/virtual%20kiddie%20porn%20ethics.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1865
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEthics and Information Technologyen_US
dc.subjectchild pornographyen_US
dc.subjectinterneten_US
dc.subjectvirtual pornographyen_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.titleVirtual child pornography: The eroticization of inequalityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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