Word: explicitness
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What the legal scholar fails to understand, however, is the danger inherent in her ordinance. By defining pornography as simply the "graphic sexually explicit subordination of women through pictures or words," MacKinnon is in effect writing a blank check for unbridled censorship of all printed material...
...that matter America's predominantly male judiciary--supposed to know what is "sexually explicit" and what is not? If "sexually explicit" is a legal term, fine. But even Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was at a loss for defining prurient material. "I know it when I see it," he said in a famous ruling...
Four wrought iron gateways will be inscribed with quotes from Kennedy's speeches. In accordance with the Kennedy's wishes, there will be no explicit statues of the late president...
...times even more widespread. Presley shook up the whole country; the Sex Pistols played yet another funeral march for the British Empire. Things simmered down with time, which is probably what is most needed now. Even liberals like New York Governor Mario Cuomo have voiced concern about explicit lyrics. Danny Goldberg, president of Gold Mountain Records, has organized his own group to counter the influence of the P.M.R.C., but readily admits, "I empathize with parents who are shocked to see what happens as their kids grow...
...Washington in May. Capital movers and shakers shifted in their seats while Ling read from the works of Judas Priest. Not long after, the women heard from RIAA President Stanley Gortikov. He announced that record companies would, at their own discretion, put warning labels on certain albums: PARENTAL GUIDANCE--EXPLICIT LYRICS...