Is it possible to condemn certain forms of expression without being seen as a moralist? In order to get around the emphasis that American jurisprudence places on freedom of speech, some antipornography feminists have used the theory of speech acts to demonstrate the wrongs that pornographic representations can inflict on women. If pornography has the power to silence women by its mere existence, then it is possible to fight against it for the sake of freedom of expression. This article aims to show that the application of the theory of speech acts to pornography is based on a strategic confusion between the juridical and linguistic meanings of the term “speech”. However, the feminist argument forcefully emphasizes the ambiguities of the not...
Historically, the development of new media has been advanced by the creators of pornography. This wa...
The battle lines over the censorship of “pornographic” materials have been shifted by a faction of t...
The recent Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler recognizes and addresses the harmful anti...
Is it possible to condemn certain forms of expression without being seen as a moralist? In order to ...
At the heart of the entire pornography debate is the lack of understanding or agreement of what is r...
The legal branch of the women\u27s movement, although of one mind on some subjects, is divided on th...
This paper debates the controversy which has opposed liberal theorists to part of the feminist movem...
Partant du postulat selon lequel la principale justification de la répression de formes d’expression...
A critique of pornography is to feminism what its defense is to male supremacy. Central to the insti...
The first three parts of this article discuss in detail the relationship between the Supreme Court\u...
Making sense of MacKinnon’s claim that pornography silences women requires attention to the discursi...
One of the more interesting, and at times more strident, debates in recent years is between a factio...
The newest attacks on the First Amendment and on free expression have come from a vocal and influent...
What do you think of when you hear the word sex? What about pornography, sexually explicit material,...
Journal ArticleIn the past few decades, a new position concerning the legal regulation of sexually e...
Historically, the development of new media has been advanced by the creators of pornography. This wa...
The battle lines over the censorship of “pornographic” materials have been shifted by a faction of t...
The recent Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler recognizes and addresses the harmful anti...
Is it possible to condemn certain forms of expression without being seen as a moralist? In order to ...
At the heart of the entire pornography debate is the lack of understanding or agreement of what is r...
The legal branch of the women\u27s movement, although of one mind on some subjects, is divided on th...
This paper debates the controversy which has opposed liberal theorists to part of the feminist movem...
Partant du postulat selon lequel la principale justification de la répression de formes d’expression...
A critique of pornography is to feminism what its defense is to male supremacy. Central to the insti...
The first three parts of this article discuss in detail the relationship between the Supreme Court\u...
Making sense of MacKinnon’s claim that pornography silences women requires attention to the discursi...
One of the more interesting, and at times more strident, debates in recent years is between a factio...
The newest attacks on the First Amendment and on free expression have come from a vocal and influent...
What do you think of when you hear the word sex? What about pornography, sexually explicit material,...
Journal ArticleIn the past few decades, a new position concerning the legal regulation of sexually e...
Historically, the development of new media has been advanced by the creators of pornography. This wa...
The battle lines over the censorship of “pornographic” materials have been shifted by a faction of t...
The recent Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler recognizes and addresses the harmful anti...