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According to Califia (1995):.
We need the forbidden and the unspeakable not only because.
it has intrinsic worth, but because it reminds us that we exist.
in a digitized culture where we are taught to crave food that .
does not nourish us, cookie-cutter relationships, clichés.
disguised as inspirations, religions without ecstasy, second-.
hand violence, third-hand sex, two-dimensional lives that.
are three sizes too small. (Pg. 11).
The source of censorship comes from our lack of compassion, our fear of difference, and our reluctance too see the cracks in our image of the truth. Censorship simply limits our social agenda for social change.
Pro-Censorship.
Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon are two radical feminists who take a strong stand against pornography. They define porn with an eight-part criteria, but the basis is that porn is "sexually explicit subordination of women- (Itzin 1992:435). Dworkin and MacKinnon believe porn should be banned based on their assumption that porn is the practice of sexual discrimination which sexualizes the subordination of women and which eroticises violence against women. The "MacDworkinite- approach goes as far as calling magazines like Cosmopolitan and Maxim porn, even though there is not full exposure of male or female sex organs. They base their analysis on the idea that if something causes sexual arousal then it can be considered porn. Their assumptions are absurd, if you take the example of a shoe fetish, for someone with this fetish a shoe can give them sexual arousal, but is that shoe actually considered porn it should not be. Pro-censors feel like there is no place in our society for such crude and dehumanizing material. MacKinnon has been quoted saying, "If pornography is part of your sexuality, then you have no rights to your sexuality- (Strossen 1995a:160). Pro-censors believe that porn instils the values of male dominance and female subordination, causing male power to be sexualized (Itzin 1992).
Censorship stiffles the freedom of expression in Canada. ... This law covers the topics from "journalism, to pornography. ... The Canadian charter allows people to be protected from censorship in the hands of the wrong people. ... In Canada, each province has its own censorship board. ... They support laws against pornography and discrimation. ...
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not "evil", it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to commit violent acts, such as rape against women, more so than men who are not exposed to pornography? ... But this is complete...
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not "evil", it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to commit violent acts, such as rape against women, more so than men who are not exposed to pornography? ... But...
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not "evil", it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to commit violent acts, such as rape against women, more so than men who are not exposed to pornography? ... Thr...
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not "evil", it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to commit violent acts, such as rape against women, more so than men who are not exposed to pornography? ... Three other expe...
Censorship is what the government deems hurtful or vulgar to society. As you can see there are many different topics in censorship. One of many topics that interest me is the censorship on music. ... When Kurt committed suicide, three teenagers in Canada committed suicide in he same week. ... Many people thought that is album cover was child pornography. ...
Canada is in many ways a free country, particularly by world standards. ... The most frequent form of censorship is self-censorship: Journalists deciding not to pursue certain stories that they know will be unpopular with the boss. In contrast to state censorship, which is usually easy to recognize, self-censorship by journalists tends to be obscured. ... Some will argue that censorship is unconstitutional. ... There is also strong opposition to the exploitation of children; in fact, many Internet users have cooperated in attempts to identify those who create and distribute child pornography....
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not "evil", it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to commit violent acts, such as rape against women, more so than men who are not exposed to pornography? ... But this is complete...
This is done in an attempt to quash any traces of "evil" in pornography. ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... Although it is obvious that pornography is largely a male interest, a noted increase in female interest would certainly cause an increase in the amount of pornographic material geared for women; this relates to the laws of the business world (Christensen 1990:50).Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and sh...
