Pornography: Group Pressures and Individual Rights.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 22 December 1998
• Author: Holappa, Jeffrey N.
• Published date: 22 December 1998
• Author: Holappa, Jeffrey N.

HUGH POTTER, PORNOGRAPHY: GROUP PRESSURES AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, The Federation Press, New South Wales, Australia (1996); ISBN 1-86287-215-5; 180 pp. (paperback).

Contrary to its title, this book is not an in depth analysis of what "pornography" means or a straight-forward answer as to whether it is a good or bad thing. Rather, the author, Dr. Hugh Potter, chooses to examine the variety of definitions different social groups choose to attach. For some groups, pornography may mean any depiction of non-marital sexual relations, while other groups may see it as depictions as violent non-consensual sex. The book is not about individuals and their relationship to pornography, but rather how the issue of pornography is used as a tool to promote self-interest.

The author's analysis throughout concentrates on an organizational level. References to the works of individual writers are used, but only in the context...