Extreme pornography' and the contested spaces of virtual citizenship

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3977756
AutoresE Wilkinson (0000-0001-8660-622X, University of Leeds, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume12
Fascículo5
Páginas493-508
Data de publicação2011-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2011.589535
OpenAlexW2033044451
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas35

This paper considers issues of sexual citizenship in light of new UK legislation that prosecutes the viewers of ‘extreme pornography’. Justified as an attempt to uphold public decency, government intervention seeks to prevent people seeing ‘extreme’ images not by limiting access to certain websites, but instead by intervening in the private consumption of these images. In this paper I draw on the discourses of those who have supported such intervention, and suggest that these arguments make a claim to space that defends the rights of some citizens over others. I examine the entwining of rights of expression, rights to identity and rights to safety. In conclusion, I argue that sexual citizenship is not just about the right to occupy actual physical places but also the right to inhabit the virtual—cyberspace. I hence argue that the internet plays a key role in transforming the sexual geographies of public and private

Aesthetics · Citizenship · Cyberspace · Government (linguistics · Identity (music · Intervention (counseling · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Pornography · Public space · Sociology · The Internet · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology