pornography

(noun)

The explicit depiction of sexual subject matter; a display of material of an erotic nature.

Related Terms

  • heteronormativity
  • sodomy laws

Examples of pornography in the following topics:

  • Socialization and Human Sexuality

    • Pornography presents another way in which individuals are socialized towards particular sexual practices through the media.
    • Follow-up studies show that many of these individuals—in addition to female pornography viewers—attempt to incorporate the actions they witness in pornography into their own sex lives.
  • Gender Discrimination

    • Many also argue that the objectification of women, such as in pornography, also constitutes a form of gender discrimination.
  • Forced Entry

    • The website had approximately 600 members and may have distributed up to 123 terabytes of child pornography (roughly equivalent to 16,000 DVDs).
    • To date, this is the single largest U.S. prosecution of an international child pornography ring; 52 arrests were made worldwide.
  • Gatekeeping

    • Censorship occurs for a variety of reasons including national security; to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech; to protect children; to promote or restrict political or religious views; to prevent slander and libel; and to protect intellectual property.
  • Malware

    • Infected "zombie computers" are used to send email spam, to host contraband data such as pornography, or to engage in distributed denial-of-service attacks as a form of extortion.
  • The Religious Right

    • It also engaged in battles over pornography, obscenity, abortion, state-sanctioned prayer in public schools, textbook contents (concerning evolution vs. creationism), homosexuality, and sexual education.
  • Freedom of Speech

    • " in a crowded movie theater); fighting words (which are words that are likely to induce the listener to get in a fight); true threats; obscenity; child pornography; defamation; invasion of privacy; intentional infliction of emotional distress; or certain kinds of commercial, government, or student speech.
  • Progressivism and Religion

    • The Woman's Christian Temperance Union mobilized Protestant women for social crusades against liquor, pornography and prostitution, and sparked the demand for woman suffrage.
  • Additional Factors: Gender, Age, Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

    • Voters who are part of the Christian right hold socially conservative positions on issues including school prayer, stem cell research, homosexuality, contraception, abortion, and pornography.
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