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Censorship



             society. .
             It would be downright absurd to assume that women in this .
             society are treated as sexual objects only because the media releases .
             or broadcasts pornographic material. A magazine associated with .
             make-up and skin care, for example, will quite obviously not be .
             concentrating on much else. Such a magazine would not display .
             pictures of women who mountain-climb or women who water-ski; only .
             images of make-up and text referring to skin care would be relevant. .
             Clearly, society does not consider women to be beings who's only .
             purpose in life is to worry about make-up and skin care; but why are .
             the complaints only directed towards pornographic media then? The .
             answer to this question may be more complicated, however, what remains .
             obvious is that the media does not portray women as only being able to .
             fill male sexual desires. To say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, .
             are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider .
             females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect.
             hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects .
             are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of .
             clothed people are no less objects than pictures of naked people.
             Many complaints are also made to the effect that pornography .
             only offers a one-dimensional view to life; that women are seen as .
             nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be .
             pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse .
             races and operas all offer a one-dimensional view of life. One does .
             not attend an opera hoping to see a horse race. The underlying .
             problem here is that the above mentioned events are socially .
             acceptable; media displaying pornography is not. It is also said that .
             the media reduces women to a collection of body parts through .
             pornography (Christensen 1990:74). But why then are their no .
             complaints of advertisements in magazines displaying only ears, for .


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