Catharine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin had separately staked out a position that pornography was inherently exploitative toward women .
Women called for a civil law to make pornographers accountable for harms that could be shown to result from the use , production , and circulation of women 's publications .
Catharine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin had separately staked out a position that pornography was inherently exploitative toward women , and they called for a civil law to make pornographers accountable for harms that could be shown to result from the use , production , and circulation of their publications .