The pornography consumer as Other

McKee, A

The pornography consumer as Other

McKee, A

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Citation:: The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality, 2018, pp. 383 - 393
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	McKee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0577-2061	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Smith, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Attwood, F	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	McNair, B	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:10:17Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality, 2018, pp. 383 - 393	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781315168302	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	It might be thought to be self-evident that if we want to understand pornography consumption we should include the perspective of the people who actually consume pornography. However in a 2011 book chapter the Australian academic Helen Pringle argues strongly that we should not: ‘after all, we do not consult racists in formulating laws against hate speech on the basis that they are involved in and know a lot about racism’ (Pringle, 2011, p. 127). Pringle’s position is merely the radical expression of what is a curious characteristic of research into pornography: that in trying to understand pornography, the people who consume it are consistently silenced – or, to put it another way (as I explain below), ‘Othered’. In order to understand how this came to be the case – and why it matters – we need to understand how the consumption of pornography, and the ways in which this consumption have been represented, have changed over the years.	en_US
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dc.title	The pornography consumer as Other	en_US
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Abstract:

It might be thought to be self-evident that if we want to understand pornography consumption we should include the perspective of the people who actually consume pornography. However in a 2011 book chapter the Australian academic Helen Pringle argues strongly that we should not: ‘after all, we do not consult racists in formulating laws against hate speech on the basis that they are involved in and know a lot about racism’ (Pringle, 2011, p. 127). Pringle’s position is merely the radical expression of what is a curious characteristic of research into pornography: that in trying to understand pornography, the people who consume it are consistently silenced – or, to put it another way (as I explain below), ‘Othered’. In order to understand how this came to be the case – and why it matters – we need to understand how the consumption of pornography, and the ways in which this consumption have been represented, have changed over the years.

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