Indecent exposure

obscenity. Shows like “NYPD Blue” were why the FCC had to regulate the censorship rules again, ever since the “Pacifica” case, which was regarding George Carlin’s famous “Filthy Worlds” monologue in 1972. Back then, the FCC found this routine to be indecent but not obscene, since Carlin was focusing on the satire of the usage of bad words on television. Around the 1990s, primetime shows began using more adult content, so the FCC had to distinguish the rules between “indecency” and “obscenity,”…

amendment, but to restrict “indecent material” so as to prevent children from exposure to it. The FCC is a force to protect the freedom of speech and ensure that ideas can be shared. This government commission is what can exist in peacetime, unlike the wartime government suppression of the Fu-Go bombings. Limited censorship can be crucial for the protection of the population in times of war, but anything but the most limited form of censorship, such as a ban on indecent material from being…

words are exchanged casually without regard to how inappropriate they really are. The decline in standards continues to trend down, and is often encouraged. By cursing on the radio, in school, the workplace, and in most every casual conversation, exposure is unavoidable. With so many using this profane language, others fit-in by adjusting their speech to match the social norm. The standard or level of appropriateness to be had in public drops as a result of normal speech becoming what used to…

secular philosophy and science were the limis of knowledge-making beyond and besides which all knowledge was lacking: folklore, myth, traditional knowledge, were invented to legitimize imperial epistemology.” Where as Althaus-Reid talks about the indecent exposures: excessive sex and the crisis of theological…

It is a common social custom in western civilization to sexualize, and oversexualize, women. Sexualization is when people are treated like sexual objects and their value depends on their appearance and appeal. Women are unnecessarily depicted in sexual situations and/or wearing overly revealing clothes to perpetuate that sex is the only (or main) thing they have to offer. Appearance is treated like everything and, can very well be the deciding factor in what life outcome certain people will have…

Musicians are an abstraction to people because of the content they produce in their music and what they do personally that can hurt, offend, and even change others, whether in a positive or in a negative way. Dehumanization is treating someone like they are not human and form opinions on people that aren’t read. People from all around the world have an idea on what they want to do in their life, and in most cases is to become a famous celebrity like an actor, musician, or even an athlete, so…

Is Deviance Okay Understanding the meaning of the word “deviance” allows me an opportunity to put the word into a different light. Like most people when I hear the word deviance I immediately associate this with something of negative value and or negative behavior. We never once take into account that we ourselves can be view and labeled as deviant. We seem to believe because we follow the social norms that society has implemented, we are not “deviant”. Needless to say it, but we all engage…

Breastfeeding was a healthy and beautiful way for mothers to nurse and form a strong bond with their baby. Now the controversy has risen about breastfeeding. Now women breastfeeding in public is one of the many issues that are debated about today. Most people consider breastfeeding should be done in privacy and not in public, and consider it to be public nudity. However, the other side of this issue establishes that breastfeeding is natural and should be done whenever and wherever a mother feels…

The Gray Areas of Censorship Censorship has gotten a bad reputation from the public as another way the government or media tries to control and constrict its people. However, the government and the media see censorship as a suppression of communication which they consider harmful. The problem with censorship arises when trying to draw the thin line between what is considered harmful and what is freedom of expression, as defined by the government or media. On the one hand, censorship is very…

Congress had was regarding juveniles’ being able to search pornography on the Internet. The Act’s focus was to protect children from viewing indecent or inappropriate sites from public areas on the Internet. Those for the legislation feared that young children would be in danger of child predators. Also, some believed children would be at risk from exposure and harm that pornography brings. Those against the legislation alleged that the government was infringing on freedom…