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...trust women who say they make choices of their own free will—women are always victims. MacKinnon’s argument, that poor women only go into porn because they are coerced, could just as well apply to poor people who choose other “demeaning?? jobs. Dismissing the decision of a porn actress as a sign of oppression, while respecting that of the janitor or factory worker, hardly demonstrates respect for the will and subjectivity of the individual women. Despite our disagreement with MacKinnon’s views, however, we welcome discussion...
Alas, such self-important dreams were not to be. No matter how suited the site’s particular brand of judgmentalism seemed to Harvard students, the same campus that ardently embraced Friendster this summer quickly and rightly condemned the facemash as hurtful and demeaning??not to mention illegal under a number of University regulations. The thrill of rating our fellow students and the chance at being named the third-hottest guy or girl in all of Leverett House were not, in the end, as powerful as the urge to protect privacy and defend ourselves against the potential...
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