Bad Girls
Media, Sex and Feminism in the 90s

An examination of feminists and younger women's attitudes to the debates surrounding pornography, censorship and the media. This work examines why these women reject the victim tag and have a more complex view of the way power operates in contemporary society.

An examination of feminists and younger women's attitudes to the debates surrounding pornography, censorship and the media. Feminist attitudes to censorship of the mass media have become a crucible for this generational debate. Many younger women disagree with campaigns against sexist ads and images in the media and often openly consume pornography themselves. They reject the victim tag for women and have a more complex view of the way power operates in contemporary society. Feminist censorship is puritanical and outmoded, not recognizing the ease with which today's young women engage with the media - or indeed the aplomb with which these women practise feminism and manage their sexuality.

1 Beyond the real woman2 Feminists, censors and Australian sensibilities3 Mindless violence, loveless sex and family values4 Consuming artifice5 Why feminists need porn6 The news without underpants7 New media, old fears8 Feminist politics in the media future