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...familiar "freedom of the press" counter-argument has opposed these laws. It has been less frequently noted, however, that the causal connection between pornography and rape is tenuous, at best. When the the Supreme Court affirmed that the Indianapolis version of these anti-porn laws was unconstitutional, it did so solely on First Amendment grounds...
Sixty women from Harvard supposedly applied to pose--why did they do it? Sure, much of the porn industry relies on women forced into it by their economic situation, but this could hardly be the case with an Ivy League Playboy issue that only pays $100 to $500. So I decided to see for myself...
...Indianapolis case may spell the end of attempts to attack porn as sex discrimination, a tactic that in recent years had the unusual effect of allying some left-leaning feminists and conservative moralists. The idea was developed by Law Professor Catharine MacKinnon, a visiting scholar at Stanford, and Andrea Dworkin, a New York feminist writer (Pornography: Men Possessing Women). They contend that by enforcing a subordinate image of women, porn promotes violence against them and hinders their chances of achieving equal opportunity. In the past the court has permitted restrictions on free speech when a "compelling" government objective is involved...
...Supreme Court, is not protected by the Constitution. In Los Angeles, pandering statutes normally aimed at pimps have been invoked to prosecute those who hire actors or models to perform sex acts for the camera. In Memphis, as in many other cities, prosecutors and police regularly harass porn dealers by hauling them in, then letting them go. Some local health codes are also used to keep porn establishments in check...
...court's latest actions will hardly dampen official antiporn efforts. Indeed, as part of the ongoing work of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, Edwin Meese last week approved a new $100,000 study of porn's antisocial impact. But the court did seem to signal what it believes is a constitutional approach. As UCLA Law Professor Henry McGee describes it, the emerging doctrine appears to be "If people want it, they can have it. But they shouldn't subject everyone else...