The London Porn Festival is known to celebrate queer sexuality and holds annual festivals with pornographic screenings. In 2019, feminist activist groups protested against the festival claiming it to be harmful and dangerous. Given this event, this paper claims that the London Porn Festival Protest in 2019 is evidence that the sex wars between feminists are ongoing.
To prove this thesis right, the paper is structured like the following. The first chapter deals with the concept of culture wars and the Feminist Porn Wars of the 1980s as a theoretical framework for the analysis. Here, the chapter defines the two opposing views of feminists on pornography. The analysis contains an elaborate examination in how far the Feminist Wars are ongoing with the example of the London Porn Film Festival protests. Finally, the paper's findings will be summarized and an outlook on further research will be given.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Introduction
- Background/ Theory Chapter
- Culture Wars and the Feminist Porn Wars
- Two Opposing Views
- Anti-Pornography Feminists
- Pro-Sex Feminists
- Analysis of the 2019 London Porn Film Festival Protest
- Conclusion
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This paper aims to analyze the 2019 London Porn Film Festival protest as evidence of the ongoing “feminist porn wars” between anti-pornography and pro-sex feminists.
- The evolution of feminist thought on pornography
- The concept of culture wars and its impact on the feminist movement
- The debate surrounding the representation of women in pornography
- The role of censorship and free speech in the feminist movement
- The ongoing impact of the feminist porn wars on contemporary society
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The introduction sets the scene by highlighting the controversy surrounding the 2019 London Porn Film Festival protest. It frames the protest as a continuation of the "feminist porn wars" of the 1980s, where anti-pornography and pro-sex feminists clashed over the role of pornography in society.
The background chapter provides a theoretical framework for the analysis. It defines the term "culture wars" and explores how the debate around pornography became a central issue within the feminist movement. The chapter then outlines the two opposing views on pornography: the anti-pornography perspective, which argues that pornography is inherently harmful to women, and the pro-sex perspective, which sees pornography as a form of sexual liberation.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
Key words that embody the central themes and foci of this paper include feminist porn wars, culture wars, anti-pornography feminism, pro-sex feminism, censorship, free speech, representation, and the London Porn Film Festival protest. These terms encapsulate the core debates, concepts, and research interests explored in this work.
- Quote paper
- Anonym (Author), 2020, The 2019 London Porn Film Festival Protest. A Throwback to the 1980's Feminist Porn Wars, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1474083
