mestic violence. Why women stay in relationships where they are being battered and abused? All of these acts of violence are dangerous and put lives in danger. The judicial systems intervention may not stop all of these horrible incidents but may protect the lives of those who wish to be protected.Although there are exceptions to every rule, depending on the type of porn and in what manner it is presented or acted out determines how violent it is perceived. According to Andrea Dworkin, “Words alone, words and pictures, moving or still, creates systematic harm to women in the form of discrimination and physical hurt.” Although this may be true there are some women who have actually chosen this profession for pleasure and enjoy this type of industry. As we know pornography is legal and is considered freedom of speech, written in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. There are two levels of speech, speech and non-speech. The courts recognize “speech” as being protected and hold it to the highest level of scrutiny, but as for “non-speech” rational basis is implemented. Unprotected speech consists of “fighting words.” Also obscenity is unprotected speech. The whole reason we protect speech is part of us and therefore recognized as knowledge. Pornography has been considered as speech unless children are involved. In Roth vs. US (1957) obscene material is considered appealing to prurient interest. The Modern Standard of Obscenity basically says that if there is something as a whole, for example, a good novel with bestiality, which would not be considered obscene because it is considered whole. Andrea Dworkin and Catherine McKinnon tried to break down t he porn industry by passing a Modern Anti-Porn Law. This law was to establish a civil law so if someone is injured they could sue the porn director. This law was never passed. Porn is an industry where women are placed in subordinate places often ...
