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With the legislative and judicial defeats of the various versions of the MacKinnon/Dworkin Civil Rights Ordinances, about the only semi-substantial victory for the 1970s/80s anti-pornography movement was getting 7-11 to remove skin magazines from sale in 1986. Not exactly a stupendous defeat for the smut merchants, since adult fare still remained available at other stores and video rental places nationwide.

So, how can the anti-porn movement score more victories, either in the legislatures(anti-porn laws), the courts(ie. the laws being upheld) or the private sector(ie. more companies voluntarily choosing not to sell the stuff)? Or is this basically just like wishing that the movement to outlaw margarine had remained a going concern?

As per the thread title, I accept that things can still radically change in the early-to-mid 90s, with the onset of the less governable internet, though a scenario where the analog world remains officially anti-porn, while the internet still morphs into the carnal free for all we all know today, would be interesting. (Roughly comparable, I guess, to the way that racists feel free to spout stuff on the internet that they probably wouldn't get away with in real-world polite comapny.)
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