Background and context: feminist debates on pornography
and harm
Current academic debates about pornography and harm
still embody aspects of the ‘sex wars’ (Duggan & Hunter, 2006)
that ruptured the second wave feminist movement in the
1980s. While there had been significant activist or ganising and
academic the orising based on feminist opposition to pornography
in the 1970s and 1980s, this predominantly radical
feminist critique became increasing muted during the 1990s
(Leidholdt, 1990). The split largely cemented disagreement