Pornography
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Successful political alliances require coalitions and compromises, and feminist causes such as pornography are no exception. Although women are capable of a diversity of viewpoints, many have reached a consensus on pornography. The issue for feminists and non-feminists alike is that pornography degrades and harms women. As Beulah Coughenour notes, "You have to zero in. You can't do politics if everyone has to have the same beliefs about everything" (Downs 121). In this context, Coughenour was defending her alliance with radical feminist Catherine MacKinnon in developing an anti-pornography ordinance for the city of Indianapolis. Coughenour described herself as a conservative Christian; her background included chairing the Indianapolis campaign against passage of the ERA. In forming an alliance with MacKinnon to combat pornography, Coughenour found that the harms-based argument was relevant to women regardless of their stances on gender equality issues. Pornography is almost always degrading to women, particularly hard core pornography. Pornography depicts women as sex
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Approximate Word count = 730
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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