Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Specifically, Gottlieb was able to logically explain how a line of text from his submitted analysis of Emanual Kant ended up in a news article on rape in an entirely different publication...
Porn is the theory; rape is the practice." This is the rallying cry of a new breed of activists convinced of a causal link between sexual violence in movies and the physical violence that men too often unleash on women. Aroused or desensitized by images of erotic domination, the argument goes, men may follow the examples set onscreen. Thus movies containing scenes of sexual violence are criminal violations-if not of the obscenity statutes, then of women's civil rights. And this applies to slasher movies like Friday the 13th and art-house hits like Lina Wertmuller...
...Reagan and Rev. Jerry Falwell cordially invite you to their party on Nov. 6," the television ad begins. "Here's all you have to believe in: the secret war in Central America. All new Supreme Court Justices must rule abortion is a crime even in the case of rape and incest. No Equal Rights Amendment. No mutually verifiable nuclear freeze." Pictures of Reagan and Falwell appear side by side on the engraved invitation. Intones the voiceover: "Think about the people who have taken over the Republican Party. They want their new platform to be your new Constitution. Think about...
Falwell protests that he would have no veto power over Reagan's Supreme Court appointees (indeed Reagan chose Sandra Day O'Connor over Falwell's objections) and adds that he has favored legalized abortions when rape or incest is involved or to protect the life of the mother. Mondale's attacks, Falwell insists, actually help Moral Majority, boosting membership and fund raising. Says Falwell: "If there was some way I could pay Mr. Mondale to mention us more often, I would ... I only hope that he keeps...
Bush was unwavering in his support for Reagan's policies, admitting only minor differences with the President on the issue of abortion: while Reagan supports a constitutional amendment that would protect unborn fetuses except when the mother's life is threatened, the Vice President would add rape and incest as grounds for ending a pregnancy. Although in 1980 he labeled Reagan's tax and spending programs "voodoo economics," Bush now insisted he was fully behind Reaganomics. "Of course I support the President's economic program, and I support him in everything else," said Bush. Then, going...