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They argue that feminists should not attack other women's sexual needs as remaining "anti-feminist" or internalizing oppression and that there is no link amongst consensual sexually kinky actions and sex crimes. Rubin writes that anti-pornography feminists exaggerate the dangers of pornography by exhibiting the most shocking pornographic images (this kind of as these connected with sadomasochism) out of context, in a way that implies that the girls depicted are really being raped, instead than emphasizing that these scenes depict fantasies and use actors who have consented to be revealed in such a way. And I suspect it’s this shift, a lot more than something else, which is accomplished most to undermine the when-sturdy cultural association amongst parenthood and remaining a thoroughly realised grownup human. Association of Libertarian Feminists. One of the earliest feminist arguments in opposition to this anti-pornography development amongst feminists was Ellen Willis's essay "Feminism, Moralism, and Pornography" first posted in October 1979 in the Village Voice. Willis, Ellen (1979). "Lust horizons: is the women's motion pro-sexual intercourse?". Re-released as: Willis, Ellen (2012), "Feminism, moralism, and pornography", in Willis, Ellen (ed.), Beginning to see the light: intercourse, hope, and rock-and-roll, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp.