DEFENDING PORNOGRAPHY - FREE SPEECH, SEX, AND THE FIGHT FOR WOMENS RIGHTS - STROSSEN,N

In this review essay, Professor Lynn Chancer examines Nadine Strossen' s Defending Pornography, an ''anticensorship'' response to the ''proce nsorship'' works of Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon that argue feminists should rally to ban pornography due to its harmful effects o n women; While Ms. Chancer ultimately agrees with Strossen's thesis, s he recognizes that the MacDworkin position reflects legitimate concern s of many women. Ms. Chancer concludes that changing the context of po rnography, rather than banning it, is necessary to move beyond a simpl istic ''pro'' and ''anti'' censorship debate.