Word: explicitness
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...other P.M.R.C. founders want song lyrics made available with records and tapes, and are demanding, in Gore's words, "a one-time panel to recommend a uniform set of criteria." The P.M.R.C. has backed off from its earlier insistence on specific ratings, such as V for violence, X for explicit lyrics and O for occult. "We do not want censorship in any shape or form," Gore insists. Comments Baker: "The issue affects my family. I really believe that the escalation of violence and sexuality is a form of child abuse...
...proposed statute would make the sale and distribution of some sexually explicit materials illegal. In effect, it would amount to indiscriminate censorship. A clear definition of pornography is difficult, at best, and violations of First Amendment guarantees are almost inevitable under such restrictions. If the proposed referendum had been approved, it would most likely fail judicial review...
...PROPOSED REFERENDUM, sponsored by a local women's group and certified by the city elections commission, defines pornography as "the graphic sexually explicit subordination of women through pictures or words." If approved, the ordinance would allow victims--loosely defined--to seek civil damages against the maker, seller or distributor of anything deemed sexually dehumanizing...
...latter actions represent an abrupt departure from long-standing University policy. Indeed, they fundamentally contradict explicit principles that have defined Bok's stance since 1979. These actions suggest a breakdown of the president's logic or resolve and place his opposition to divestment in a perilously vulnerable position...
...sexual intercourse. This is far and away the leading method of transmission, and to explain why requires being explicit; too often the mechanisms have been obscured by ambiguous phrases like "exchange of bodily fluids" that may frighten more people than they inform...