critical thinking 1 & 2- week 8
According to my research, the meaning of :1. Obscenity - (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable"), is a term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. It is often replaced by the word salaciousness.
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscenity
2. Pornography - is the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. It is to a certain extent similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually arousing imagery.
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
3. indecency - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
source : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/indecent
After i learned about these three words- that are obscenity, pornography and indecency. There are some diferences between them. In my poinion, the differentiation between indecent and obsence material is a particularly difficult one, and a contentious First Amendment issue that has not fully been settled.
Beside these, i felt that pornography more on video or photo that show by actor or actress; but obsence more on some disgusting words and will make people uncomfortable after listened. These all culture are cause by moral educating and social culture these years.
posted by yanyan @ 10:26 AM
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