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Radio 4,08 Mar 2015,38 mins

The Woman's Hour Debate: Can Porn Empower Women?

Woman's Hour

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Can porn empower women? Can it liberate, celebrate or enhance or does it enslave, debase or corrupt? Jane Garvey hosts a debate at the Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre in London. Guests include artist, activist and erotic emporium founder Sam Roddick; feminist porn performer and producer Pandora Blake; Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans, who researches and writes about pornography at the University of Leicester and is a founder member of Resist Porn Culture; and Clarissa Smith, Professor of Sexual Cultures at Sunderland University and a member of Onscenity . Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Claire Bartleet.

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