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Sexually Oriented Material

Sexually Oriented Material. Sexually Oriented Material. Erotica. Sexually oriented material that can be evaluated positively. Pornography. Sexually oriented material that is generally evaluated negatively Pornography is legal in the US. Obscenity.

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Sexually Oriented Material

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  1. Sexually Oriented Material

  2. Sexually Oriented Material

  3. Erotica • Sexually oriented material that can be evaluated positively.

  4. Pornography • Sexually oriented material that is generally evaluated negatively • Pornography is legal in the US

  5. Obscenity • Implies a personal or societal judgment that something is offensive. • Violence • aggression • degrading • dehumanizing

  6. Sexually oriented material • Such as: • photographs • videos • films • magazines • books

  7. Hardcore • Intimate depictions of sexual activities. • The vulva • the erect penis • the anus

  8. Softcore • This material is not explicit • nude photographs such as those in Playboy

  9. Sexually oriented material • Magazines • books • live adult entertainment (Strip bars) • video/DVD • cable TV • Movie houses XXX

  10. Femme porn • Sexually oriented material catering to women and heterosexual couples • avoids violence • is less male-centered • more sensitive to women’s erotic fantasies

  11. Accepted by society? • Music • Beauty pageants (Miss America) • TV shows • Talk Shows • Radio Programs (Howard Stern) • Comedy

  12. Effects? • Does it cause.. • Violence against women • deviant acts • or typical behavior • fantasy • safer sex

  13. A source of information? • Reported by college students to provide information about sexual acts like oral sex

  14. Response • Men tend to respond more positively than women do. • Men believe more often that sexually explicit material has positive effects • lowering inhibitions • sexual release

  15. Discrimination • Some believe it is: • degrading and dehumanizing to women. • turns women into sex objects • inhibits women’s rights by encouraging exploitation and subordination of women. • Others believe discrimination and the subordination of women existed prior to sexually explicit material...

  16. Child Pornography • Children between the age of 8 and 16 are the most common victims causing: • distress • poor adjustment • depression • anxiety • guilt • destructive and antisocial behaviors

  17. Censorship • Is to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable. • Both political and moral values are imposed on others by: • Governments • private groups • individuals

  18. Obscenity and the law • 1.) The dominant theme of the work must appeal to prurient sexual interest and portray sexual conduct in a patently offensive way. • 2) Taken as a whole, the work must be without serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. • 3) A “reasonable” person must find the work, when taken as a whole, to possess no social value.

  19. Jacobelis v. Ohio (1965) • “But I know it when I see it.” • Justice Potter Stewart

  20. WWW. • The internet • Search sex

  21. Prostitution • The exchange of sexual acts for money, drugs or other considerations is called prostitution. • sexual intercourse • fellatio • anal intercourse • discipline and bondage • obscene insults

  22. Sex workers • Many women do not consider themselves prostitutes even if they accept money or drugs for sex. • Prostitution is work not sex • pimps

  23. Prostitution • Child sexual abuse • physical abuse • neglect • disadvantaged background • Drug and alcohol use

  24. Forms of female prostitution • Streetwalkers • Brothels • Masseuses • Call girls

  25. Male prostitution • Street hustlers • call boys • masseurs • gay bars • Chickens and chickenhawks

  26. Prostitution and the Law • Not effective in ending prostitution • most often the women not the man is arrested • solicitation: a word, gesture, or action that implies and offer of sex for sale.

  27. HIV/AIDS and prostitution • Many are IV drug users • Multiple sex partners

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