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Publication Date: 1987
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Women, Pornography, and the Law.
Tong, Rosemarie
Academe, v73 n5 p14-22 Sep-Oct 1987
Erotica (love or a creative principle) and thanatica (death or a destructive principle), two sexually explicit forms of speech, are discussed in the context of fighting pornography in the courts. Antipornographers are urged to reexamine their political alliances, legal theories, and philosophical assumptions. (MLW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, Death, Federal Legislation, Females, Feminism, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Influences, Laws, Moral Issues, Moral Values, Obscenity, Pornography, Rape, Sex Bias, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Torts, Violence
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Language: English
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