Pornography

by BAIRD, ROBERT M.ROSENBAUM, STUART E.

• ISBN13: 9781573922074
• ISBN10: 1573922072
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

While drawing the battle lines between those who argue in favor of censorship and those who defend free speech, this revised edition of Pornography: Private Right or Public Menace? takes an in-depth look at pornography and the Internet, and recent attempts to regulate the booming computer sex business. In addition to the Supreme Court decision in Reno v. ACLU and works examining the Communications Decency Act, this collection contains essays on defining pornography and distinguishing it from erotica and artistic expression: investigating evidence concerning the social and psychological effects of pornography; sexism; and women's rights.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT	21	(68)
1. The Legislative History of Senator Exon's Communications Decency Act: Regulating Barbarians on the Information Superhighway	21	(9)
Robert Cannon
2. Supreme Court Case: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union	30	(26)
3. Commentary: The Communications Decency Act	56	(3)
Sen Jim Exon
4. Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision Declaring Unconstitutional the Communications Decency Act	59	(4)
Sen. Pat Leahy
5. You Figure It Out	63	(3)
William F. Buckley Jr.
6. Zoned Out	66	(5)
Jeffrey Rosen
7. Give Me Liberty, but Don't Give Me Filth An Interview with Robert Bork	71	(4)
Michael Cromartie
8. Slouching Towards Gomorrah	75	(5)
Robert H. Bork
9. Pornography Drives Technology: Why Not to Censor the Internet	80	(9)
Peter Johnson
PART TWO: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES	89	(60)
10. Erotic and Pornography: A Clear and Present Difference	89	(5)
Gloria Steinem
11. Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography, and Equality	94	(6)
Andrea Dworkin
12. Pornography and Degradation	100	(14)
Judith M. Hill
13. Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality	114	(8)
Harry Brod
14. Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look	122	(12)
Helen E. Longino
15. Defamation and the Endorsement of Degradation	134	(15)
Alan Soble
PART THREE: LIBERTARIAN PERSPECTIVES	149	(66)
16. Feminist Moralism, "Pornography," and Censorship	149	(6)
Barbara Dority
17. Pornography as Representation: Aesthetic Considerations	155	(21)
Theodore A. Gracyk
18. The Case Against Censorship of Pornography	176	(15)
William A. Linsley
19. Redefining Obscenity	191	(11)
Rita C. Manning
20. Liberty and Pornography	202	(13)
Ronald Dworkin
PART FOUR: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES	215	(40)
21. The Mental Poison	215	(6)
Tim LaHaye
22. The Impact of Pornography on Marriage	221	(8)
Thomas Parker
23. Pornography and the Religious Imagination	229	(26)
Mary Jo Weaver
PART FIVE: THE CAUSAL ISSUE	255	(28)
24. America's Slide into the Sewer	255	(4)
George F. Will
25. Elicitation of Violence: The Evidence	259	(24)
F. M. Christensen
Selected Bibliography	283	(2)
Contributors	285