"...But pornography is, after all, only an exaggerated and blatant expression of the antifemale and antichild sentiments that pervade the media, particularly advertising. HalfÐ naked women lounge over the latest-model cars, hang on the arms of men who drink a particular beer, lie at the feet of men who use a certain afterÐshave, and chase down the street after men wearing a popular brand of jeans. Some advertisements are even more degrading...The sexual images pervasive in much advertising convey essentially the same message as pornography: women and children are the servants of men's desires, and for the most part, they wish to be."
     --Criminal Neglect: Why Sex Offenders Go Free,
               -Dr. W.L. Marshall & Sylvia Barrett, 1990

"Why is it so important? And can anything be done? It is important because 'soft kiddie porn' is contributing to the problem of child sexual abuse. It is condoning the use of children in inappropriate sexual contexts. It is desensitizing the public and setting new standards for what is acceptable. It is strengthening the argument of paedophiles that children are asking for sex. It is exploiting and dehumanizing children without their informed consent. It is glamorizing children as sexual objects. It is saying to children that adults agree with the idea of them being sexualized. It is suggesting to other children that this is a desirable way to be portrayed. It is undermining the fabric of childhood: children should be protected, loved and nurtured, not used and abused."
     --Pornography: Women, Violence & Civil Liberties, Catherine Itzin,
                       "Images of Children in the Media", Michele Elliott, 1992