Word: erotica
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...being coerced into sexual activity, that they enjoy being physically hurt in a sexual context." The commission was less certain about material it labeled nonviolent but "degrading"; such items, it said, foster a similarly lax and accepting attitude toward rape, but do not necessarily arouse violence. A third category, erotica that is neither violent nor degrading, proved to be the most problematic; the commission acknowledged that there was no evidence to suggest it promotes violence, but did say that "none of us think the material in this category, individually or as a class, is in every instance harmless...
There is nothing wrong with sex, sexuality, sensuality or erotica. But there is something wrong with asking a group of people to freely enter into an contract to advertise what they think is a degrading product. We do not fool ourselves that we are keeping anyone from going to see Chan; we are simply fighting where we can, making statements where we can about a very serious issue...
...clearly a good motivation--it would also, presumably, subject to legal action museum and gallery displays, advertisements, and even literary works and other texts taught in schools. And the provision for legal action against anyone "forcing pronography" on another could be interpreted to include, for example, professors assigning literary erotica which some students find distasteful...
...COURT OF APPEALS, which ruled the law unconstitutional, rightly believes the definition is not as clean-cut as MacKinnon thinks. But don't just trust the courts. Ask the experts what impact they think censoring erotica would have on any community...
...everyone, however, was turned on by the sexual plays on language that Millet personally defines as "erotica." There were also moments during the symposium's polylogue when frictional energies generated by deeply-personal differences erupted in unatt ractive scenes of hostility. These were the sort of hairpulling impulses, for example, which led one woman to speculate on Millet's promiscuous habits during youth, and Millet in turn to counter with the charge that her accuser probably beats her own kids--over the issue of child abuse. Friday night's free-for-all with "bawdy Kate", the author of the ground...