Mary Leary , professor, law, was quoted in an Observer story on a recent conference on the social and personal costs of pornography. See below.

Panels explore pornography

From: Observer Date: Feb. 2, 2015 Author: Gabriela Malespin

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Leary then continued the panel discussion by addressing pornography and child sexual abuse images as they pertain to the law and our language.

"Language communicates values and morals. You call something 'child pornography,' a seemingly innocuous term that creates the suggestion that it's pornography with young-looking adults. It's not. It's a child sex abuse image," Leary said.

She also said such pornography has long-term effects on the victims, and the victimization doesn't end. Leary said the young actors have to live knowing the images are still being viewed.

She ended by sharing the words of a victim who one of her colleagues represents: "Being sexually assaulted, it was kind of like looking up and seeing people in a window, and they're looking, and you think 'Oh thank God, they're going to come and help me.' But instead, they're just being entertained."

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