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ELLEN Willis, in an article entitled "Feminism, Moralism and Pornography," offers an important discussion of the issues raised by Dines-Levi. Her refutation of WAP's platform is based on the recognition that these arguments set back the discussion about violence against women rather than further needed social change.
Moreover, Willis argues, WAP's tactics confirm traditional and puritanical notions of womanhood that are in themselves degrading and disempowering to women.
"If feminists define pornography, per se, as the enemy, the result will be to make a lot of women ashamed of their sexual feelings and afraid to be honest about them," Willis writes. "And the last thing women need is more sexual shame, guilt and hypocrisy--this time served up...
Neither man fits the description of the Fogg suspects, but some observers said that does not rule out the possiblity they were somehow involved in the incident. "It is possible [Athanatos and Corteselli] are fences," said WBZ-TV reporter Brad Willis.
--Rep. Willis D. Gradison (R-Ohio), ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Comittee and a Business School grad