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CONFLICTING IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLITICS OF PORNOGRAPHY

University of Wisconsin—Whitewater

PATRICIA SEARLES

University of Wisconsin—Whitewater

RONALD J. BERGER

University of Wisconsin—Whitewater

BETH ANN PIERCE

University of Wisconsin—Madison

This article analyzes positions on pornography using Q-methodology. Eighty-five respondents sorted a sample of 86 opinion statements on definitions of pornography, personal reactions to it, its causes and effects, and social policy recommendations. Factor analysis was used to identify clusters of individuals in the United States who share common subjectively defined points of view on pornography. The three patterns of responses that emerged from the analysis were labeled Religious-Conservative, Liberal, and Antipornography Feminist. Using the empirical data, we examine the logical and ethical structures of these points of view and their political and legal implications. We conclude that the viewpoints are too incompatible to sustain stable and effective political alignments among the adherents.

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