“The success of the porn industry largely depends upon the willingness of heterosexual men to buy its products, to enter into a contract which provides them with (vicarious) use of a female body for their arousal or amusement.” Professor Karen Boyle, Everyday Pornography

“In a sexist society, where sex for a ‘real man’ entails sexually lording it over a woman, the biggest profits for pornographers lie in digging deeper into this misogyny. Throw in a relentless battle with other firms… and you have an industry dedicated to documenting and ratcheting up the sexual abuse of women.” Kat Banyard, Pimp State

“Anyone willing to feed off women’s bodies and use them as raw materials to make a profit has no right to call themselves feminists. Even porn without overt violence is a form of exploitation since it reduces women to a series of body parts.” Gail Dines, Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

“The accusation levied towards anti-porn feminists is that while we are wasting time focusing on images of people having consensual sex, the battle for equality is hindered. But there are real women in pornography and, whether the violence is acted out or real, the message is that brutality equals sexual pleasure, and in a world in which rape is commonplace, this is a harmful message” Julie Bindel, The Guardian