New threat to sexual expression: the Pornography Victims' Compensation Act
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The Pornography Victims' Compensation Act permits suits against sectors handling allegedly obscene material if the plaintiff is able to show that exposure to the material provoked sexual violence. Despite its noble aim, the bill contains many defects. For one, the civil nature of the suit weakens the burden of proof. The bill also disregards confirmation of the material's obscenity. Finally, the act of sexual violence presented need not be priorly prosecuted, proven or reported. The bill focuses more on the obscene material rather than in stopping sexual violence and is vulnerable to exploitation.
Publication Name: SIECUS Report
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0091-3995
Year: 1992
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Federal censorship and the "war on pornography."
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The harsh enforcement of sexual censorship in the US is viewed as a harmful attempt to legislate morality and a violation of individual rights. Although proponents claim that pornography creates a harmful environment for the youth and exploits women, pornography itself does not threaten an individual's safety or reputation. Neither does it evoke violence or antisocial acts as proven by social science studies. People should be allowed to decide on the use of explicit material, and should not be imposed upon by official notions of morality.
Publication Name: SIECUS Report
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0091-3995
Year: 1992
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The Clinton administration's adolescent pregnancy prevention program: ignorance does not equal abstinence
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The Clinton administration is exerting effort to solve the problem of teenage pregnancy. The Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy which promotes abstinence-until-marriage education. The National Strategy works by withholding information about sexuality to help young people avoid pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). However, this strategy seems to be ineffective and is expected to set back pregnancy prevention efforts.
Publication Name: SIECUS Report
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0091-3995
Year: 1997
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