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Helen Longino's "Pornography, Oppression and Freedom", 2008.
This paper rejects Helen Longino's position on pornography as presented in her work, "Pornography, Oppression and Freedom: A Closer Look".
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that Helen Longino argues in her article "Pornography, Oppression and Freedom: A Closer Look" that pornography by its nature is harmful to women and should be controlled and eliminated. The author maintains that Longino bases this position on tenuous distinctions between pornography and erotica and on the liberal use of universal claims about the effect that pornography has on women and their place in society. The paper contends that, despite her superficially well-reasoned article, a closer examination of Longino's claims and analysis reveals problems that undermine her argument. The paper then asserts that pornography cannot be considered necessarily and categorically harmful to women. The paper concludes that the marginal harm that pornography might cause in isolated incidents is not great enough to justify banning pornography and restricting this form of sexual expression.
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"Longino argues that these harms are cause enough to invoke laws and regulations that would limit freedom of expression and sexual expression. But are these harms entirely plausible? Is the potential for these harms to be realized justification enough to ban pornography. F.M. Christensen would say no, that efforts to ban pornography through limitations on freedoms--especially freedom of expression--is reprehensible and much more harmful to society than the potential ills of pornography. On this point, I agree with Christensen."
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The Regulation of Pornography and Child Pornography, 2001.
A discussion of the regulation of pornography on the internet.
9,220 words (approx. 36.9 pages), 48 sources, $ 190.95
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This paper discusses two different issues within one context, the Internet: the regulation of harmful content such as pornography and regulation of illegal content such as child pornography. The paper also examines the current initiatives to regulate the availability of illegal and harmful content on the Internet. The paper then proposes a multi-layered' solution for the regulation of pornographic content on the Internet. "
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"Pornography has been the most controversial topic arising from the use of the Internet in recent years. Its availability on the Internet has caused fear and a 'moral panic' among the government, law enforcement bodies such as the police, prosecutors and judges together with the media in general. There is no settled definition of pornography in a multi-national environment such as the Internet and cultural, moral and legal variations all around the world make it difficult to define 'pornographic content' in a global society."
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Oppression, 2008.
A discussion of the forms that oppression can take and how it affects those who are oppressed.
1,239 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses issues of oppression, such as marginalization and violence. It looks briefly at the example of Jews in Nazi Germany and the oppression that they faced. The paper then discusses the forms of oppression that are found today in Canadian society and how it impacts the people who are oppressed. Lastly, the paper looks at the issues of oppression with regards to nursing and the writer discusses her own experiences with the problem.
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"The first essential point of being able to distinguish the various forms of oppression is to be able to identify oppression. In the case of nurses, for example, it can be very difficult to realize that oppression is taking place at first because it is subtle and it systemic (Young 34). Systemic oppression is not easily identified; with Native people, their present marginalization can be interpreted in terms of the way society is structured or the status quo. Among many groups such as nurses, their experience of oppression is not reported because they are uncertain that they are even being treated unjustly. In order for feminists to effectively deal with the issue of oppression and to eradicate it, they must know where the barriers and institutional forces are located that cause oppression. Not all groups are affected to the same degree or in the same way by oppression."
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Pornography and Its Impact on Civil Society, 2001.
An argument which examines the pornographic industry and issues surrounding pornography and concludes that pornography has the power to poison hearts and minds.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 64.95
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This paper is an argument against pornography, as the author asserts that pornography destroys marriages, families, and individual lives. The issues are examined under the following titles: Sexual Instruction, Promoting Rape, Shattering A Child s Innocence, Intimacy and Addiction, Hiding Behind The First Amendment.
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"But an analytical look at the impact of pornography on our society suggests that sexually explicit images have far graver ramifications than most people would ever suspect. Studies link pornography to sexual dysfunction, rape, child molestation, and many other socially destructive behaviors. "
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Pornography as Speech Act, 2006.
A look at pornography and the opinions surrounding this controversial issue.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the issue of pornography, seen as one of the most controversial sexual issues in North America. The paper reports that a large part of the controversy is centered on the battle between individuals who argue that pornography is an oppressive activity that subordinates women and advocates of free-speech. The topic is complex and charged with emotion.
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The Issue of Pornography in Society, 2004.
An examination of the effects of pornography on modern-day society.
1,541 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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Pornography has been a topic of heated debate in this country for decades. It is an issue that deals with freedom of speech and what is considered "decent" by many Americans. Many consider pornography degrading toward women, although many women freely participate in pornographic activities. The Internet poses many problems concerning this issue, with the exploitation of children being at the forefront of many legitimate concerns. This paper examines both sides of the issue and the complications that arise when considering the controversial issue.
I. Introduction
A. The Business of Pornography
B. National Sales
II. Definition of Pornography
A. Joseph Slade Defines Complexity of the Term Pornography
B. Obscene versus Erotic
C. Supreme Court Definition of Obscene
III. Pornography and Exploitation of Women
A. Ann Garry's Position
IV. Child Pornography
A. The Internet's Influence on Child Pornography
B. Laws Pertaining to Child Pornography
C. Philip Jenkins's Position on Child Pornography
V. Conclusion
A. Education and Fair Application of Law
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"William F. Buckley, in an article published in the National Review, points out that journalist Frank Rich wrote an article that uncovered the huge moneymaking business of pornography. The figures he reported, according to Buckley, "astonish". From the article "$4 billion a year is spent on video pornography, that this sum of money is greater than what is spent on major league baseball" (Buckley). Surprisingly, pornography is a business that outsells professional baseball. Buckley also adds that people rent 700 million porn movies every year and that Americans pay more money for pornography than they do for "non-adult" movies. In a striking comparison, Buckley says that every year, 400 regular movies are produced and 11,000 porn movies are produced. (Buckley) That was in the early 90s. In his book, Pornography in America: A Reference Handbook, which was published in 2001, Joseph Slade reports that although most Americans won't admit to participating in pornography, they spend "somewhere between $8 billion and $10 billion a year on sexual representations of some sort" (Slade 3) In a bizarre comparison, Slade also notes that Americans spend $36 billion on fast food hamburgers. Clearly, these figures indicate that the business of pornography is growing by leaps and bounds."
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Politics and Pornography, 2002.
The paper proposes that pornography, by definition, is something that goes counter to society's standards of what is acceptable, so when it comes to issues of law, pornography cannot be considered in isolation from its greater culture.
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The paper gives a history of pornography and explains that before the 1800's the purpose of pornography was to criticize individuals in power, using pornographic images as the vehicle. The paper then discusses the regulation of pornography and how the original intention was to protect society from moral corruption by restricting access to it. The paper also discusses the connection of pornography to violence against women and children. The paper demonstrates how community standards have changed.
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"Recently, the owner of a video store in conservative Provo, Utah, was put on trial for selling obscene materials because of the sexually oriented videos his store carried The prosecutor assumed that in his community such films met the Miller test, including the requirement that when local "contemporary adult standards" were applied, these films were not acceptable 4(). While more than 4,000 people signed a petition demanding that the defendant, Larry W. Peterman, be charged and tried, Peterman's lawyers researched who was renting these films. They found that Peterman had more than 4,000 customers for the videos."
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Pornography Through the Eyes of Karl Marx, 2006.
An analysis of pornography as a phenomena of exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie.
2,984 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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The paper proposes that pornography, although thousands of years old, has evolved in the past decades as a reaction to the rise of feminism and racial equality. The paper uses the Marxian concept of "ideology", which it defines as beliefs used to justify social stratification, to define pornography within the context of white, male wielders of power. The paper cites feminist Andrea Dworkin's view of sex as a form of victimization of the socially inferior. It presents Naomi Wolf's view of the sex industry as an economic exploitation of women, and makes use of her view of the beauty industry as another source of exploitation to expand its definition of pornography, and cites numerous examples from mainstream women's magazines to support that claim. The paper reviews the history of the women's movement's struggle against pornography, and includes examples of feminist campaign literature targeting pornography. The paper presents the claim that pornography leads to racism, as well as violence against women. It views as sexist the laws which deem all phallic imagery illegal, but classify depictions of female erogenous zones as legal, comparing them to Nazi tactics to dehumanize Jews. In conclusion, the writer feels that Karl Marx, had he not focused solely on economics, would also have seen pornography as a form of subjugation of women by white men, and that women will never be able to express their true sexuality and nature of femininity until negative images in pornography are eradicated. NOTE: This paper includes graphic pornographic images as examples in two appendices and on the title page.
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"Pornography is a Greek word that now means, "writings, pictures, etc. intended primarily to arouse sexual desire." (6) However, it was derived from the Greek stem, porne, meaning a harlot who was to serve as a man's sexual slave. The inequalities of patriarchy have obviously changed from ancient Greek times; however, the image of a woman serving a man sexually is still very ubiquitous in pornographic literature. Is this detrimental to the status of women in society? Most feminist thinkers say yes."
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The Ills of Pornography, 2006.
A position paper that argues against allowing pornography on the internet and in society at large.
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This paper argues that pornography is harmful to both the women involved in the pornography industry and the consumers of pornography. The paper looks at evidence suggesting that pornography is emotionally damaging and harmful to society and points out that there is strong evidence connecting pornography to violent crime. The paper also explains that it has been argued that pornography can be defined as sexual conduct thereby making the court's view that pornography is a form of political expression misguided. Finally, for the reasons presented above, the paper concludes that pornography should be banned not only on the internet, but from society at large as well.
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"Both sociological and psychological research, has yielded evidence that pornography creates a view of women that desensitizes men to the harm connected to violent crimes against women. In some cases, it has been evidenced to make them more likely to commit these types crimes. Pornography helps to create a sexist view of women, working in subtle and not so subtle ways to deny them social and political status equal to men. It has been rightfully argued that pornography is a type of conduct, not speech. Pornography is not about sex, it is a form of forced sex, a sexual reality that eroticizes inequality, hierarchy, dominance, and submission. It is a means through which sexuality is socially constructed, via a domain of exercise that portrays women as things for sexual use, and leads its consumers to want possession and dehumanization of them."
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Pornography, 2005.
This paper argues that pornography has a negative effect on society.
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This paper explains that, since the rapid popularity and use of the internet in the United States and around the globe, pornography and the viewing of pornography on-line seems to have mushroomed tremendously, resulting in more violence, less general empathy and understanding and a general moral decay of the principles and ideals which make up a civilized society. The author points out the dangers of child pornography, violent pornography that shows rape and violent acts toward women and pornography based on a dominant/submissive theme, whether geared toward men or women. The paper relates that studies show that men who are relatively at high risk for sexual aggression are more likely to be attracted to pornography and to become more aroused and more disposed to act aggressively toward women and even children.
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"Another researcher, Catherine Helen Palczewski, notes that more and more women believe that pornography berates and belittles women, and that "pornography is the ideology of a culture which promotes and condones rape, woman-battering, and other crimes of violence against women." Thus, this prevalent aspect of pornography leads to a general degrading of women and a societal acceptance of that degrading as a norm. This is illustrated by many other forms of media, from advertising to film and television, where often the women are portrayed as little more than sex objects."
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"A Lesson Before Dying": Societal Oppression in 2005, 2005.
Speaks of the parallels between the oppression that existed before the civil rights movement as spoken of in Ernest J. Gaine's famous novel, "A Lesson Before Dying", and the societal oppression that is still felt today in 2005.
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Ernest J. Gaines' famous novel, "A Lesson Before Dying" accents the tension inherent among African-Americans across the country during the 1940s. This essay draws parallels between the societal oppression felt by African-Americans before and during the civil rights movement and the oppression that is still felt by young Americans today.
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"Gaines's novel examines the difficulties facing African Americans in the rural South during the 1940s, but the historical content covers nearly a century. Between 1910 and 1970, more than six million blacks left the South. During this time, the Civil Rights Movement did much to increase civil equality among the races. But, these strides did not come without blood, sweat, and tears. Jefferson's struggle in the novel parallels the paramount effort, determination, and persistence made by many African Americans during the Civil Rights movement. The road was long, but the benefits of staying the course were innumerable. College students can learn a lot from Gaines's novel. Discrimination and oppression still exist in 2005 even though it has taken on new forms and faces. No fight worth fighting is ever easy, and if college students want to change society, they must stand for their rights and use their voices."
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Virtual Child Pornography, 2004.
Discusses the need for new laws surrounding the issue of virtual child pornography.
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Virtual child pornography refers to child pornography that does not portray an actual living child. Specifically, this refers to child pornography that is created by computer images. Virtual child pornography is currently considered to be legal, based on the ruling of U.S. District Court judge, Donald W. Molloy, who ruled that illicit images that do not involve actual children in their production or depiction, even when they appear to be child pornography, are protected by the First Amendment. This paper argues that virtual child pornography should be considered illegal, focusing on the protection of children. It discusses the Child Pornography Prevention Act (1996) within the justice system and proposes a solution to the problem.
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"An individual drawing or producing computer-images without viewing children in sexually explicit ways is very different than an individual who forces children to act in sexually explicit ways for the purpose of creating pornographic materials. The major problem with the CPPA appears to be that it places these two crimes together. This creates several problems. Firstly, it confuses the issue and does not allow the two impacts of pornographic materials to be considered, namely the effect on the real children involved in production of the materials, and the effect of the material on the pornographic industry. Secondly, it places two crimes with different levels of seriousness as one. This then results in the fear created, with individuals understandably concerned about being labelled child pornographers, when the material has been created for artistic purposes."
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Pornography and Censorship, 2002.
A look at the history of pornography in the United States.
2,435 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper attempts to define pornography, to look at its history, present the attempts that have been made to censor it and look closely at the defense argument for the industry. It also examines feminist feelings surrounding issues of pornography. It analyzes how there are many types and categories and how some elements are incredibly offensive and even abusive, whereas others might be considered healthy and attractive to mature adults. It puts forward the argument that censorship of all materials deemed pornographic is a drastic and unneeded measure.
Outline
Introduction
History of Pornography in the United States
The Effects of Pornography
Pornography and Obscenity
Feminist Thought on Pornography
The Pornographers
Conclusion
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"There are two types of material that are often considered pornographic. In the first type, males or females of an appropriate age are depicted in erotic poses. They are presented as equal partners without subjugation or any sign of violence. This first type of pornography is often referred to as erotica. The Playboy or Penthouse magazines would be an excellent example of this type of pornography that has been developed for males. Conversely, Playgirl magazine or one of the many romance/erotica novels available at local bookstores would be the equivalent for women. In either case, these tend to be somewhat mainstream and for the most part harmless."
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Catharine MacKinnon on Pornography, 2007.
A discussion of Catherine MacKinnon's opinions on pornography as expressed in her well-known essay on this subject.
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This paper examines and reviews Catherine MacKinnon's perspective on pornography as expressed in her essay "Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech." The paper's author agrees with many of MacKinnon's views on pornography, yet does not accept them all. The reviewer does not feel that all pornography should lose its protected status under the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The paper further discusses MacKinnon's views of pornography which are based on her feminist outlook. The reviewer concludes that while some of MacKinnon's arguments are valid, others seem extreme.
Outline:
What Catharine MacKinnon Has to Say
Work Cited
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"In a more understandable and non-cryptic paragraph on the first page of her essay, MacKinnon says that feminism is the "first theory, the first practice, the first movement," to really take the situation of every woman "seriously." Feminism, she explains, looks at the position of women's social life "as a whole," which is the first time the women's legal and social views have been put forward as a theory of humanism. "
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Virtual Child Pornography, 2006.
This paper investigates child pornography, including research and legislation.
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The paper explores child pornography within the context of finding child pornography, investigating the act and treating it as a criminal offence. The paper shows that child pornography is not specifically pornography, but instead is a form of obscenity and exploitation. A case study of virtual child pornography is included as a brief example of problems faced in identifying and persecuting offenders.
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"Child pornography is defined as the practice of creating media for purposes of sexual arousal or pleasure using a person or persons under the age of eighteen (Ferraro & Casey, 2004). All child pornography is by definition non-consensual, as legal statutes prohibit persons under the age of eighteen from agreeing to participate in the creation of pornography; therefore child pornography will always be deemed illegal regardless as to whether the model consented to its making. Indeed, even in scenarios in which the child model misrepresented himself or herself as eighteen years of age or older, the manufacturers of the pornographic media are promoting a crime (Ferraro & Casey, 2004). Child pornography is considered a felony under federal law (Taylor & Quayle, 2003)."
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