Defending Pornography Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights

"Antiporn feminists have been cruising for a forensic bruising since the early eighties. Defending Pornography lands quite a blow." (Entertainment Weekly) "A passionately argued, cogently written, lively discourse on the increasingly peculiar politics of sex." (New York Times Book Review) "Proves without a doubt that free expression is an essential foundation for women's liberty, equality, and sexuality." (Betty Friedan) "Strong medicine for all those who would censor sexual expression in cyberspace." (Jerry Berman,Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology) "Defending Pornography is valuable precisely because of its lucid, broad exploration of the long debate over pornography." (The Washington Post Book World) "A triumphant (and sensual) view of women that stands in stark contrast to the bleak version of powerlessness and paternalism offered by her critics." (Wall Street Journal) "In her true-to-form spirit, Strossen tackles her subject yet again with a blend of verve, acumen, and nuance. Make of the always controversial 'First Lady of Liberty' what you will, but one must grant this: Strossen is formidable in making her case." (Ronald K. L. Collins, FIRE)