This paper focuses on the organized feminist resistance, during the 1970s, to the availability of both soft and hard-core pornography in mainstream films, magazines, and advertisements. A research review supports the contention that the power struggle between men and women as defined by the pornography issue merely reflects a deeper,…

This manual presents background information and teaching activities for secondary school instruction on the relationship of sex roles and the media in American society. Section I provides background for teachers by defining basic terms, presenting a brief history of the mass media, and discussing why media are thought to play a strong role in…