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Prologue: Porn, Feminism & the folly of NC-17 (Erotic 90’s, Part 1)

You Must Remember This

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The Rise and Fall of Playboy in the Erotic 90s

In 1980, Playboy published three major articles attacking mainstream feminism as alarmist and anti-sex. In 1989, Playboy published the first installment in a four-part reported series, On Sex at the Dawn of the 90s. Ellen Willis is credited with coining the term pro-sex feminism. The debatable question these days is, was it sexy or was it stupid? Women and men both.

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