Prologue: Porn, Feminism & the folly of NC-17 (Erotic 90’s, Part 1)
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The Evolution of Pornography
The Miese Commission, named for Reagan's second-term Attorney General Edwin Mies, was an underfunded and shoddily staffed play at compiling evidence that the porn industry was a mafia front. A lot of people didn't want either feminists or Reaganites telling them how to live their sexual lives. The audience for mainstream pornography was bigger and more diverse than ever. According to Adult Video News, in 1990, 47% of adult rental tape decisions were made by women.
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