Gay Male Pornography: An Issue of Sex Discrimination [Hardcover]

Christopher N. Kendall (Author)

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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: UBC Press (Sep 1 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0774810769
ISBN-13: 978-0774810760
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,706,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“Christopher Kendall’s extensively researched, bravely theorized, and brilliantly argued book spares no sentimentalities, suffers no cliches, pulls no punches. Equally strong in law and politics, his analysis is perceptive at every turn of the page. Most of all, this book is fearless—which is what will be needed to survive telling so much truth in the face of so many lies.” -–Catharine A. MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She specializes in sex equality issues under constitutional and international law. GAY MALE PORNOGRAPHY. BY CHRISTOPHER KENDALL Christopher N. Kendall’s Gay Male Pornography is a refreshingly candid and well-argued book that we should celebrate as an important contribution to the feminist literature on the toxic effects of masculinity. - Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin, Men and Masculinities, January 2006.

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The 2000 case of Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Customs Canada provided Canada’s highest court with its first opportunity to consider whether the analysis set out in R. v. Butler -- in which the Supreme Court identified pornography as an issue of sex discrimination -- applies to pornography intended for a lesbian or gay male audience. The Court held that it did, finding that, like heterosexual pornography, same-sex pornography also violates the sex equality interests of all Canadians. Christopher Kendall supports this finding, arguing that gay male pornography reinforces those social attitudes that create systemic inequality on the basis of sex and sexual orientation -- misogyny and homophobia alike -- by sexually conditioning gay men to those attitudes and practices. The author contends that as a result of litigation efforts like those brought by lesbian and gay activists in the Little Sisters case, the notion of empowerment and the rejection of those values that daily result in all that is anti-gay have been replaced with a misguided community ethic and identity politic that encourages inequality. This is best exemplified in the gay male pornography defended in Little Sisters as "liberation" and "central to sexual freedom." Gay Male Pornography rejects the equality claims of gay male pro-pornography advocates and argues that there is little to be gained from sexualized conformity. To date, no one has taken the position that gay male pornography violates the legal right to sex equality. This book does that and, as such, it will be of value to scholars of law, sociology, and gender studies, as well as to all who have an interest in equality and justice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last the book we've been waiting for!, Nov 10 2004

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This review is from: Gay Male Pornography: An Issue of Sex Discrimination (Hardcover)

Dr Christopher N Kendall's book, "Gay Male Pornography: An issue of Sex Discrimination" is the book that the pornography debate simply had to have. There is no doubt that this book will rate as one of the most important texts on gay male pornography this century. This book is also critically important for victims of incest and sexual assault whose voices are consistently berated and silenced by those who enjoy pornography and who benefit financially from the pornography industry. Dr Kendall tackles the evidence of the harms of pornography and his critics head on with his fierce logic, intelligence and honesty.

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