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Pornography And The New Puritans

John Irving, in his article “,” begins by telling us that “These are censorial times.” The censorial times being removing anything that is considered to be obscene. He refers to the pornography victims’ of sexual crimes exposed to obscene material, which is pornography, can bring civil suits against publishers and distributors that expose these obscene materials. Irving predicts that if the bill is passed than it will be the first bill to give “credence to the unproven theory that sexually explicit material actually causes sexual crimes.” Irving mentions that he is “pretty sure” that rape and child molestation has not been revealed in pornographic material. He also mentions that there has ...

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not describe what kind of obscenity is not allowed then how are the creators of the material supposed to know weather or not its actionable? Irving’s understanding of the bill is that it makes the publishers and distributors of the obscene material think conservatively- “that is when their imaginations turn to sex and violence.”
After given the definition of the bill and given us his reasons against the bill, he describes how individuals and groups respond to the bill. The most important group that he describes and is against is the feminist group. This group wants to ban pornography. Irving feels as though “the movement to ban pornography is especially self-righteous, it looks like blacklisting to me.” He believes that feminist group are under fascism, which is banning something you don’t like and can’t control. He compares the situation of pornography to the situation of abortion. In the article feminist group are compared to the Right to Life people. The feminist group believes ...

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Added: 6/18/2004 05:43:05 AM
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