The adverse subjects of child pornography and sex tapes have consistently been a controversy in the world. Today, there constantly seems to be a new sex scandal or pornography crime occurring. Sex tapes of celebrities are regularly circulating and they appear to be a popular topic to discuss. This was true when singer, R. Kelly, allegedly participated in a sex tape with a young girl. Kelly went to court on an account of child pornography instead of rape or sexual abuse. The film was shown to the courtroom and then came the long battle of was it or was it not R. Kelly. In the past, Kelly was accused eleven different times of having sex with a girl who is underage. This is interesting because during this time period not many other people have
been accused of such an act this many times. Kelly denies being in the tape, as any other person would do, and the girl was not identified during the trial. This could be because she did not want the limelight on her. Also, this tape could cause a great amount of hostility thrown her way. The police had been investigating Kelly’s relationship with the female for over a year before the sex tape was released. This is very important information because they could potentially have more information on the case then anyone else. The investigation could lead to facts or evidence left out from the defense. The police were investigating this case with no prior convictions of any wrong doings. Is this allowed? However, that was not discussed during the trial. Fans of R. Kelly anxiously waited outside the courtroom and when he departed from the room for lunch, fans swarmed him with pictures and one even asked how other fans were able to be inside the courtroom, “I’m gonna knock that girl out and take her pass.” The trial Kelly faced in 2008 was far overdue and did not conclude with the justice people wanted. There is no validation of Kelly being the man from the video. Also, without the female coming forward saying it was Kelly committing the act, there is no actual witness to the act. Kelly is a very lucky man to have surpassed the consequences he could have earned. His case is very common when it comes to celebrity sex scandals because no person wants to be charged as a sex offender or anything of the like.
The Scandal at Penn State, lead to the arrests of Jerry Sandusky a defensive coordinator for the University. A grand jury on November 4, 2011, stated that for 15 years Mr. Sandusky sexually abused eight young boys. During that time frame, the official at the university deliberately failed to notify law enforcement of these incidents. Within a matter of a month, the number of victims begins to increase up to a total of 10. Within a year, Mr. Sandusky was found guilty in 2012. During his career at Penn State, he establishes a group home for troubled boys, which eventually became a non-profit organization known as The Second Mile. His purpose was to inspire young trouble boys to tap into their potential and achieve (2017). He captured the trust
Don't Censor Child Pornography. In November of 1997, a Williamson County, Tenn. grand jury indicted Barnes & Noble booksellers for violating state obscenity laws prohibiting the display of "material harmful to minors. " The materials in question were two books that featured photographs of nude children: Jock Sturges' Radiant Identities and David Hamilton's The Age of Innocence. Since then, Radical Right activist Randall Terry has launched a crusade aimed at forcing bookstores to remove the "criminal garbage" of Sturges, Hamilton and (recently added to his list of demons)
Megan 's Law is a law that was passed for kids being molested. “Child abuse laws exist on the federal, state and local levels. Legislation serves to keep children free from exploitation, harm, and danger. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), passed by the federal government in 1974 and reauthorized in 2010 is the largest body of legislation with regard to the fair, ethical and legal treatment of children and is intended to keep them free from all forms of abuse including physical, sexual, emotional and psychological..As of March 2012, there are also 18 states whose laws require all citizens with knowledge or suspicion of abuse to report it the proper authorities.The law also states the penalties for failing to report abuse.
The value of a woman as a mother, wife, sister, daughter or aunt has been replaced for sexual please. Greed and perversion disguised as men chose to debase America’s women and children for their own selfish gain. Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the U.S. and North America today. It is the nation’s least recognized epidemic. The overwhelming majority of children forced to sell their bodies on the street are girls. Young boys face hardship and abuse as well, but they often fend for themselves to survive. The girls, on the other hand, inevitably fall victim to pimps and organized trafficking networks. (Sher, pg. V)
In the Sandusky’s Scandal, the future of Penn State sports rolled into a sudden traumatic aftermath. The child sex-abuse charges affected the stakeholders who had an interest in the company. These internal stakeholders consisted of employees, the manager, and the owners of the organization. The external stakeholders in the organization which was also affected were suppliers, society, government, creditors, shareholders, students, and customers. The internal stakeholders are the primary stakeholders. They were affected by the economic transactions with the company and the people. The external stakeholders were affected by the performance of the university. These various groups were affected by stiff sanctions and a $60 million fine against the
The Sandusky scandal continued as Sandusky and the accused officials were charged for their involvement in the child abuse cover-up, which occurred at Penn State University. In 2012, Paterno, one of the accused officials, died at the age of 85. In 2017, Shultz and Curley pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of children. As a result, the felony charges were dropped. Spainier was charged with failing to report an allegation that occurred in 2001. The charges continued, as Sandusky was charged with the sexual child abuse of 10 boys, over a 15-year time span. Surprisingly, his unethical actions resulted in a sentence of a minimum of 30 years, which could not exceed 60 years.
In the movie Happy Valley, I think there were many factors that caused the Jerry Sandusky scandal to go unpunished and unnoticed when the whole community knew. I think the obvious and most prevalent reasons we saw was the success of the program, the Nittany Lion Pride, and as well as the total stigma around Joe Paterno. To Happy Valley, football was life, the players and the coaches, as well as the community lived and died by the wins and losses of the program. Hearing the testimony of a young male who graduated in 2013 from Penn State said it all. He had the mentality throughout the documentary of “football comes first, this is what we do.” He put aside the fact that innocent children were taken advantage of scarred, and believed that
Eric and I were married August 2005 we soon then had our daughter Alexis May 14 2006. things were not good he was jealous of the baby and the time and attention I had given her we were fighting a lot and a contemplating leaving him then. He would always seem to somehow persuade me or get me to stay, he was a good talker and a natural salesman. Eric was always too sexual. He left pornographic material hanging in our home in plain view of our children, also was constantly watching porn. He has a severe problem with it and even my mom she always hated coming over he had Pamela Anderson and other people like that on our walls. I didn 't like it having had a baby girl and just wanting to be a mother we fight constantly of this over sexual nature he engages in. He started slowly trying to mold me into his ideal woman. He would constantly have me dye my hair, lose weight, and dress in things I would have never dressed in. If I did things he wanted, then I could have stuff like money for my son, go to dinner with my mom and sisters. He didn 't like them, or me hanging out with my family. We 're all very close and have dinner often he didn 't like that my daughter liked my parents more than he thought she liked him. Its just he was never around and he was so self absorbed and hooked on this porn and this industry and lifestyle that I wasn 't going to have a part of. Including finding out that he 's always secretly been a male stripper and I didn 't know for the majority of the time we were married, I also found out he 'd mostly dance for other men. We moved in with my parents (not knowing of is night career) me my daughter and my son and Eric while we looked for another house. Things were great when I was with my family, I love...
In today’s media it is almost impossible to find a show that does not contain some sort of explicit sexual material. Over 70% of television shows include some sort of sexual content (http://lubbockonline.com/stories/111005/nat_111005043.shtml). Adolescents are starting to engage in sexual activities at earlier ages and they do not understand that the media does not accurately portray the risks and dangers associated with having sex. With this adolescents are also becoming more interested and curious to learn about sex and their bodies. The rise of access to the internet and ease of access to pornographic videos at home has been linked to the decline in sexual crimes (http://mises.org/daily/3080). With all of the positives and negative linked to sex and the media it is extremely hard to decide whether it is good or bad for society.
Pornography today is only a click away, sometimes not even that far, and often times making unrequested appearances on the edges of otherwise innocuous websites. Indeed, a 2008 online survey about pornography exposure concluded that 9 out of 10 male and 6 out of 10 female respondents were exposed to it during adolescence (Sabina, Wolak, & Finkelhor). Those numbers are not likely to decrease, given that pornography is a profitable business with an estimated 13 billion dollars yearly revenue (Jackson, 2012), and that it has never been as easily available as it is now since about 95 percent of the current U.S teen population has full access to an internet connection (Madden, Lenhart, Duggan, Cortesi, & Gasser, 2013).
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I agree with your analysis. I too thought that Jean Kilbourne would have a field day analyzing Valerie Lukyanova. However, I did not think about the child pornography aspect that you mentioned. I took another approach by talking about how Valerie was objectifying herself, by literally turning herself into an object, the Barbie. But thinking about your point makes me sick to my stomach. You are completely right. Barbie dolls are associated with children. By Valerie forcing herself to look more like a Barbie, she is also making herself look childish and younger. Thus, increasing the fantasizes of child pornogrpahy and sex with minors.
Sex crimes include acts considered as either sexual abuse, or a non-tolerable behavior considered inappropriate to social norms. The law forbids certain sexual acts, despite expressed consent from both parties. Sex laws vary from region to region, and may evolve over time. Furthermore, sexual acts forbidden by law in a proscribed jurisdiction are coined as sex crimes.
Pedophilia. It is another form of child abuse which has always been an issue and now has increased in the last decade; as bad as it is, I am more interested in the why more than anything. What lifestyle and childhood did they have as a child that may have created the horrid sexual preference in children and is there any likeness they can change. I will be taking a look into the minds of pedophiles everywhere using pathos and logos. Maybe dive in a bit deeper into the minds of a pediophile using the information I have collected from articles I have read. There is a possibility something was missed, trying a new tactical strategy will be trying to approach the issue sympathetically in the hopes of better understanding them.