The Sex Wars: Debates on Pornography and Sexual Violence
Overview:
The MRC holds the archive of the , an anti-censorship campaign group, which includes material relating to debates over censorship of pornography; and archives relating to the (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting), which campaigned on behalf of sex workers for changes in the law on prostitution.
Feminist and left-wing magazines can also include articles on sexual violence and objectification of women (some articles can be identified in the online catalogue, others may be found by skimming through the publications).
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Selected sources:
Three leaflets relating to 'Reclaim the Night' protests, demanding that women should be able to be in public places and remain safe at night.
Anti-porn leaflet handed out by protesters in Leamington Spa.
Correspondence, leaflets, circulars and other material produced by Feminists Against Censorship are included in the archives of the anti-censorship National Campaign for the Reform of the Obscene Publications Acts.
Roundtable discussion between Helena Kennedy, Isabel Koprowski, Mandy Merck, Suzanne Moore and Clare Short on women and pornography, published in the magazine 'Marxism Today'.
Article in 'Socialist Action'.