KIDDIE PORN Causes and Cures - D Paul Graunke - December 1977

D Paul Graunke

As was reported in the last issue, one of the persons most responsible for the current furor over child pornography is Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber of New York City. About a year ago she began to beat the drum over the sexual exploitation of children by staging a news conference in Times Square, New York, which in recent years has become infested with pornographic bookstores, X-rated movie houses, massage parlors and the like. She displayed kiddie porn purchased just a few yards from where she was speaking. On St. Valentine's Day, 1977, she traveled to Washington, D.C., with her collection of dirty magazines and movies and held another press conference. Her tactics were, frankly, a publicity gimmick to get attention. But she really didn't think she would have much impact. After all, when she had gone up and down the land decrying child abuse by showing photographs of little corpses - children bashed to death or bitten to death or burned and boiled to death at the hands of their parents or custodians- the response was less than overwhelming. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library