ANDREA DWORKIN and CATHARINE A. MacKINNON
Copyright © 1988 by Catharine A. MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin
Al rights reserved
First Printing 1988
Second Printing 1989
Copyright © 1988 by Catharine A. MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin
Al rights reserved
Library of Congress card number: 88-190876
ISBN 0-9621849-0-X
To al the people who have worked
to pass the Ordinance into law and
to al the people who need to use it.
CONTENTS
The Meaning of Civil R ights. . ..... . ..... . ..... . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Nature of C hange........................................................17
Authority and Resistance.................................................... 19
Equality as a Social G o a l.................................................... 21
Pornography and Civil R ig h ts...........................................24
The O rdinance.....................................................................31
Statement of Policy........................................................31
Findings ........................................................................32
Definition .....................................................................36
Causes of A c tio n ...........................................................41
C oercion................................................................. 41
Trafficking..............................................................44
F o rce ........................................................................49
Assault .................................... . .............................50
Defamation..............................................................51
Defenses ........................................................................52
Enforcem ent................................................................. 54
Civil A ction..............................................................54
D am ages................................................................. 54
Injunctions..............................................................55
Technicalities................................................................. 56
Severability..............................................................56
Limitation of Action ..............................................56
Civil Rights and Speech .................................................... 58
Questions and Answers........................................................67
Table of Authorities ...........................................................97
Appendix A: The Minneapolis O rdinance.......................99
