Women want action now
PA Wellington Women Against Pornography has urged the Government to act immediately in light of the inquiry into pornography “before the wave of pornography that has swept other countries comes to New Zealand.” “Pornographers are already reaping $8 million a year in magazine sales alone in New Zealand. This money is made at women’s expense,” a
W.A.P. spokeswoman, Ms Trish Mullins, said. “The longer the Government takes to act on pornography, the more harm is done to women.” For years, W.A.P. had said that pornography was about women-hatred and not about indecency or nudity. “We are pleased that the inquiry shares this view,” Ms Mullins said. W.A.P. also urged the Government to adopt an
inquiry recommendation that the Human Rights Commission Act include pornography as a form of sex discrimination and enable women to take civil actions for pornographyrelated complaints. These included assault linked to pornography, coercion in performing or being involved in pornography, forcing pornography on a person, and defamation through pornography.
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