TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual child pornography
T2 - The eroticization of inequality
AU - Levy, Neil
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Ethics and Information Technology. ISSNs: 1388-1957;
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The United States Supreme Court has recently ruled that virtual child pornography is protected free speech, partly on the grounds that virtual pornography does not harm actual children. I review the evidence for the contention that virtual pornography might harm children, and find that it is, at best,inconclusive. Saying that virtual childpornography does not harm actual children is not to say that it is completely harmless,however. Child pornography, actual or virtual,necessarily eroticizes inequality; in a sexist society it therefore contributes to the subordination of women.
AB - The United States Supreme Court has recently ruled that virtual child pornography is protected free speech, partly on the grounds that virtual pornography does not harm actual children. I review the evidence for the contention that virtual pornography might harm children, and find that it is, at best,inconclusive. Saying that virtual childpornography does not harm actual children is not to say that it is completely harmless,however. Child pornography, actual or virtual,necessarily eroticizes inequality; in a sexist society it therefore contributes to the subordination of women.
U2 - 10.1023/A:1021372601566
DO - 10.1023/A:1021372601566
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 319
EP - 323
JO - Ethics and Information Technology
JF - Ethics and Information Technology
SN - 1388-1957
IS - 4
ER -