Many women have been mistreated at one point or another in their lives. This form of abuse assumes many forms and is not always visible to the naked eye. One of these such hardships that women of the 20th century have had to face is the struggle for equality. In Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms affords women full equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of the law.1 But yet, this society openly contributions to the production, sale, and distribution of pornography which implies that women are second class citizens. Destroying these stereotypes which portray women as slaves, objects, toys, and mindless, sex-driven beings must be accomplished in order for women to attain true equality. The censorship of pornography is not in violation of the Freedom of Expression guaranteed in section 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms since pornography drastically compromises a woman's right to equal treatment as was proven by the R v. Butler ruling of 1992, it makes those portrayed in pornography subject to acts of violence, and it corrupts the moral fiber of society. During the 1960's and 70's, North America saw the rise of a counterculture movement which instigated societal change. During this time period, the Women's Liberation movement was able to establish females as being equal to males in virtually every aspect. It is this movement that educated society about the role of women in society being equal to the role of man. Many people however, now consider that women's liberation has been achieved; but this is far from the case. Despite being officially recognised as contributing members of society (achieved in 1982 with the final draft of the Constitution Act), as section 28 of... ... middle of paper ... ... 11 Ibid. Pg. 793 12 Ibid. Pg. 793 13 Ibid. Pg. 793 14 Baird, Robert M. and Stuart E Rosenbaum. Pornography - Private Right or Public Menace. Pg. 51 15 Ibid. Pg. 52 16 Ibid. Pg. 52 17 Kaihla, Paul. Sex and the Law. MacLean's. Pg. 31 18 Statistics obtained from Angus Reid Website. See Works Cited List 19 Ibid. 20 Orr, Lisa. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints Pg. 186 21 Ibid. Pg. 191 22 Ellen Harris, Lesley. Highlights of Bill C-128 - Child Pornography 23 Kaihla, Paul. Sex and the Law. MacLean's. Pg. 32 24 Ibid. Pg. 32 25 Ibid. Pg. 33 26 Ibid. Pg. 33 27 Baird, Robert M. and Stuart E Rosenbaum. Pornography - Private Right or Public Menace Pg. 52 28 Ibid. Pg. 52 29 Canadian Government Report. Report of the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution. 30 Ibid.
The word Pornography is defined as "writings, photographs, movies, etc., intended to arouse sexual excitement". With each year that passes pornography has been more and more accepted, it can be seen in books, magazines, cable television and most of all through the internet. Many religions go against it, but at the same time people know that there is a reason why people go into the business and accepted it an other people just like it. In this paper I will talk about pornography and how it is viewed by the four ethical standards (Utilitarian, Kant, Human Rights and Justice is Fairness).
...of pornography as an expression that should be defended. I have described ways that pornography is currently being battled for in modern legislation, as well as the Liberal Feminist arguments for pornography as expression. The Radical Feminist arguments against pornography were addressed and negated, as not having any empirical support to their theoretical claims. Pornography has no substantial evidence in favor of harm to women, in terms of subjugation or violence, and therefore cannot be regulated as a form of free speech.
what was known as the Cold War. The start of Cold War can be simply
In this paper, I will attempt to review the debate on pornography in Chapter 4 - State and Society - of Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, Seventh Edition by John R. Burr and Milton Goldinger.
Shakespeare’s complex play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several tragic heroes; a tragic hero holds high political or social esteem yet possesses an obvious character flaw. This discernible hubris undoubtedly causes the character’s demise or a severe forfeiture, which forces the character to undergo an unfeigned moment of enlightenment and shear reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on the villains who killed his beloved Caesar. After Antony turns a rioting Rome on him and wages war against him and the conspirators, Brutus falls by his own hand, turning the very sword he slaughtered Caesar with against himself. Brutus is unquestionably the tragic hero in this play because he has an innumerable amount of character flaws, he falls because of these flaws, and then comes to grips with them as he bleeds on the planes of Philippi.
In her essay “Let’s Put Pornography Back in the Closet,” Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist activist, argues that pornography should not be protected under the First Amendment (59). Her position is based on the belief that pornography is degrading and abusive towards women (Brownmiller 59). She introduces the reader to the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, and explains how it relates to her beliefs on censoring pornographic material (Brownmiller 58). In addition, she provides examples of First Amendment controversies such as Miller v. California and James Joyce’s Ulysses to explain how the law created a system to define pornographic material (Brownmiller 58). She described the system that used a three-part test as confusing (Brownmiller 58). Regardless of whether or not the First Amendment was intended to protect obscenities, she and many others believe that the legislatures should have the final say in the decision of creating and publishing pornography (Brownmiller 60).
Some of the Feminist leaders in North America said that current laws interpret text in such a way that the government ignores the realities of women's lives. In other words, the Feminist group says, the law is too subjective and it must be thrown out and a completely new law be instated that will do away with pornography completely. In order for women to change this law they would have to prove that men who consume pornography also behave in this way by degrading and dehumanizing women. At this point in time there was no evidence supporting that if a man watched pornography that he was going use violence or demeaning behavior towards women.
Brutus is the best character in this book to be a leader. The first reason I think that
Chapter Six deals with the image of pornography being reflected in today's society. A large part of this is how the body is treated and portrayed in the world. The internet has grown substantially
There have been many attempts to explain the origins of the Cold War that developed between the capitalist West and the communist East after the Second World War. Indeed, there is great disagreement in explaining the source for the Cold War; some explanations draw on events pre-1945; some draw only on issues of ideology; others look to economics; security concerns dominate some arguments; personalities are seen as the root cause for some historians. So wide is the range of the historiography of the origins of the Cold War that is has been said "the Cold War has also spawned a war among historians, a controversy over how the Cold War got started, whether or not it was inevitable, and (above all) who bears the main responsibility for starting it" (Hammond 4). There are three main schools of thought in the historiography: the traditional view, known alternatively as the orthodox or liberal view, which finds fault lying mostly with the Russians and deems security concerns to be the root cause of the Cold War; the revisionist view, which argues that it is, in fact, the United States and the West to blame for the Cold War and not the Russians, and cites economic open-door interests for spawning the Cold War; finally, the post-revisionist view which finds fault with both sides in the conflict and points to issues raised both by the traditionalists as well as the revisionists for combining to cause the Cold War. While strong arguments are made by historians writing from the traditionalist school, as well as those writing from the revisionist school, I claim that the viewpoint of the post-revisionists is the most accurate in describing the origins of the Cold War.
In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the play begins with the people of Rome celebrating Julius Caesar’s victory over the deceased Pompey’s sons. Prior to Pompey’s death Caesar and Pompey shared power over Rome, and now that Pompey has died the people of Rome want Julius Caesar to become emperor. Mean While Cassius a powerful general and senator is jealous of Caesar and is leading a conspiracy to assonate. Marcos Brutus is a respected senator of the republic that is Julius Caesars close friend, he is well liked by the public and has strong family connections to the republic but he also has a strong desire to be well liked and thought of as a noble man to the people of Rome. Cassius is able to use those qualities to manipulate Brutus into betraying his dear friend Julius Caesar so that he can benefit from the respectability Brutus involvement will bring. Shakespeare characterization of Brutus’ personality demonstrates that Shakespeare finds Brutus’ motives to be self-centered to glorify himself rather than him simply being a man of honor.
He saw language as a game, which like all games had its own set of
“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (3. 2. 21-22). This shows the strength of Brutus. Another quote includes, “This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them” (5. 5. 68-72). Antony says this in regards to Brutus when he dies. This shows just how much the people honor Brutus and believe he is a very noble man. At the end of the play as Brutus is replaying the death of Caesar, he feels a sense of guilt. “Brutus feels guilt towards the killing of Caesar, even though it was for the process and success of Rome” (Ridley-Elmes). Only the true, honest, and meaningful heros contain guilt even if others believe that they did the right thing. “Brutus's choice to commit suicide rather than live on in infamy and guilt renders him, ultimately, a noble character worthy of praise” (Ridley-Elmes). Brutus is a very loyal character who realizes where he makes mistakes and always tries his best to put himself in the right position even in bad situations that
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