Better results for anti-porn movement, pre-internet

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And this is how you end up with novels like The Handmaid's Tale, where the alliance between radical feminists and religious conservatives over porn became the genesis of a theocracy

No surprise Atwood saw that potential, given her immersion in left-wing Toronto politics of the 1980s. Canada is probably the country where the feminist anti-porn movement got further than in any other(eg. see the Supreme Court's Butler decision, which directly incoporated the MacKinnon/Dworkin analysis into its reasoning), and Toronto(still partly under the sway of Orange Hall puritanism) was the epicentre of that.

Not that that ultimately had much long-term impact. From what I've seen at the few remaining newsstands that carry magazine pornography, the raunchiest publications available stateside are freely available in Canada as well. But there's no doubt in my mind where Atwood got the image of earnest feminists tossing skin mags into the burning flames in the buildup to Gilead.
 
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In a piece published Saturday in The Globe and Mail, Atwood called #MeToo “a symptom of a broken legal system”.

The op-ed drew sharp criticism from some observers, who were angered by what they saw as a betrayal of feminist values by an author who has long been interested in examining and questioning power structures that subjugate women.

She wrote in the piece that women are increasingly using online channels to make accusations of sexual misconduct because the legal system is often ineffective.

But she expressed misgivings about the movement going too far, writing of the dangers of “vigilante justice” which she said can turn into “a culturally solidified lynch-mob habit.”

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... But she expressed misgivings about the movement going too far, writing of the dangers of “vigilante justice” which she said can turn into “a culturally solidified lynch-mob habit.”

Vigilante justices always a danger. Broken courts can lead to the other extreme. Fortunately internet justice is not quit as terminal as a rope around the neck. We can hope fact checking, ect.. will prevent the innocent from having their lives ruined by false witness & politically driven agendas.
 
Vigilante justices always a danger. Broken courts can lead to the other extreme. Fortunately internet justice is not quit as terminal as a rope around the neck. We can hope fact checking, ect.. will prevent the innocent from having their lives ruined by false witness & politically driven agendas.

We wish, but no:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-rape-claims-allowed-ruin-hero-PC-s-life.html

https://nypost.com/2017/08/25/woman-heading-to-prison-after-falsely-accusing-15-men-of-rape/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/false-claims-have-made-teaching-a-lottery-for-men-fqk27zb2h

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thin...ocent-life-after-a-false-rape-accusation.html
 
Well, its not over till the fat lady sings. That those case have counter arguments published offers some small redress of mob excess and falsity. I've managed to preserve my reputation over 23 years of employing women & a couple of accusations.
 
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