Dirty Pictures, Moral Outrage And The New Absexuality

August, 1997

why antiporn crusaders have sex on the brainSex-negative news sells. We never see the headline Public Figure has best orgasm of her life, but fired surgeons general and anti-sodomy legislators can count on airtime. This has long been the case, but yesterday's popes and Comstocks have given way to a new parade of antisex torchbearers. Have you ever wondered what makes these people tick? Speculating about the psychology of the antiporn foes made me wonder what Jesse Helms, Andrea Dworkin, Catharin...