<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[multimedia monday: cambridge porn&nbsp;debate]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The author of one of the sexuality education blogs I follow, <a href="http://sexademic.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-cambridge-porn-debate-story/">The Sexademic</a>, was invited to Cambridge (England) to debate the pros and cons of pornography. Specifically: Does pornography perform a &#8220;good public service&#8221; yay or nay?</p>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">I would <i>totally</i> debate pornography in a room like this.</td>
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<p>The full debate was recently made available by the <a href="http://www.cus.org/connect/debates/2011/this-house-believes-pornography-does-a-good-public-service">Cambridge Union Society</a>. You&#8217;ll have to click through the link for the actual video as it won&#8217;t let me embed (it&#8217;s over an hour long, too, so be forewarned!). If you can&#8217;t or don&#8217;t want to be bothered watching the whole thing, The Sexademic provides her own commentary on/synopsis of the event in <a href="http://sexademic.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-cambridge-porn-debate-story/">a post written back in February</a> before she realized the event would be made available online.</p>
<p>Again: <a href="http://www.cus.org/connect/debates/2011/this-house-believes-pornography-does-a-good-public-service">Click through to the Cambridge Union Society for the full video</a>.</p>
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