@article{ref1,
title="A feminist response to Weitzer",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2012",
author="Dines, Gail",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="512-520",
abstract="In his review of my book Pornland: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality, Ronald Weitzer claims that anti-porn feminists are incapable of objective, rigorous research because they operate within the &quot;oppression paradigm,&quot; which he defines as &quot;a perspective that depicts all types of sex work as exploitive, violent, and perpetuating gender inequality.&quot; (VAW, 2011, 666). This article argues that while anti-porn feminists do indeed see pornography as exploitive, such a position is rooted in the rigorous theories and methods of cultural studies developed by critical media scholars such as Stuart Hall and Antonio Gramsci. Pornland applies a cultural studies approach by exploring how porn images are part of a wider system of sexist representations that legitimize and normalize the economic, political and legal oppression of women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801212452550",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801212452550"
}