Pornography lies about women's sexuality. It depicts women as inviting and enjoying sexual violence, degradation, and humiliation. Pornography perpetuates racist and anti-Semitic, sexist stereotypes. Pornography is the primary form of sex education in our country. It teaches young men, in particular, contempt for women, and reinforces rape myths.
Pornography creates a hostile environment in our homes, in our workplaces, and in our communities.
It glorifies and eroticizes sexual violence, making women and children, in particular, vulnerable to harassment and abuse. Pornography does not exist in a vacuum. Because it arises directly from women's oppression, it is a systematic form of sex discrimination. Accordingly, the production, distribution and use of pornography constitutes gross human rights violation. Continued First Amendment protection of pornographic material contributes to maintaining women's second class status.