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A 7 page essay on the problem of what to do about sexually explicit material on the Internet. The writer examines the issue from the perspective of what to do to limit access by minors as well as the overall question of censorship of pornographic materials for adults. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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exactly what teenagers are looking for anyway) and hit the return key can gain access to material that their parents would disapprove of. True, parents should supervise their children; but
this observation is usually made in superior tones by someone who either doesnt have children or is too elderly to remember clearly what parenting actually consisted of. Parents, raising
teenagers and preteens right now, know that you cant watch them 24 hours a day. This is especially true when the youngsters know more about computer technology then the
parents?which is usually the case. The second part of this problem is whether or not to censor some of the content of sexual explicit material to be found on the
Internet for adults as well as for children. Much of what is on the net in the way of "adult entertainment" consists of portraying women in ways that are demeaning.
At best, women are pictured as existing solely to fulfill a mans fantasy. At worst, acts of violence toward women are pictured as sexual. These are two separate
issues dealing with the same subject matter. Of the two, dealing with the issue of access to minors will be by far the easiest to solve if legislators calm down
and choose their words a little more carefully then they have so far. Last year, the Communications Decency Act was sponsored by Senator James Exon (D-Nebraska) and Senator Dan Coats (R-Indiana).
It was attached to the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996 which was passed on February 1, 1996. It had two basic parts. The first part said, basically, that if
an individual displays "indecent" or "patently offensive" material on the Internet, "in a manner available to a person under 18 years of age," (Rosen 55) that person has
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