...Child pornography has been an ongoing battle that many children face. In dealing with the criminal offenses to what this can eradicate has changed since the R. v. Sharpe case. The legislative response to the R. v. Sharpe case depicted a negative response to what was expected from their declaration, which illustrated child pornography as undefined and not merely important to be ascribed in the Charter. The R. v. Sharpe case is highlighted to be an instrumental tool that guides the Charter on their interpretation of the defiance of freedom of expression and morality; this is highlighted in the case that resulted into a winning case that acquitted the defendant. As a result, the compliance of this case provoked an issue between the definition...
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...BDSM is only confined to Sadism where practitioners inflict pain on others in order to get sexual pleasure. After this session, however, I realized there are a broad variety of practices under BDSM such as bondage and role-playing with one being dominant and another being submissive. Those are activities that are not necessarily involving physical pain. BDSM is an umbrella term for many practices other than just sadism. They are all regarded as ‘kinky’ sexual behavior but they all have one thing in common - the utter emphasis on safety. The guiding principle in BDSM community includes safe, sane and consensual. Majority of people associate BDSM with violence, dangerous and self-destructive activity. On the contrary, they place a lot of importance on safety issues. Thorough communication about the medical condition, limits and preference need to be conducted before engaging in the activity. Safe words have also be developed in the community – for example, green to mean ‘Okay’ or even ‘More’, yellow to mean ‘Slow down’ and red to mean ‘Stop the scene immediately’. As BDSM is somewhat very private in bed, whether normal or kinky, it can however lead to legal consequences even though it is performed in consensual manner. In September, 2010, the Swedish court ruled that a 32-yer-old man was guilty of undertaking BDSM with a 16-year-old woman despite the age of consent in Sweden is 15.( The Local, 2010) BDSM is also becoming more mainstream and prevalent nowadays. People are generally...
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...An Article Review Written by: Sabah Sayed Ali In 2012, the American Journal of Family Therapy published an article titled “Structural Therapy with a Couple Battling Pornography Addiction” by Jeffrey J. Ford, Jared A. Durtschi, and Darell L. Franklin. This remarkable publication addresses an issue about how the increasing availability of pornographic material is becoming detrimental to couples’ relationships. It notifies the reader that boundless addictions to pornography are affecting individuals in a relationship, and as a result, therapists are pursuing effective ways to solve this significant issue. In this article, it is mentioned that pornography causes personal distress and symptoms of withdrawal and tolerance, which, in turn, can adversely affect relationship and neurological functioning. Unfortunately, there are many instances where therapists encounter victims of pornography addiction, but due to its uncommon occurrence, importance is not given to these addictions. The effects of this addiction are often underestimated, and it is often ignored that these addictions are as severe and difficult as other types of addictions. Therefore, this article addresses the severity of pornographic addictions, in addition to introducing the implementation of a successful structural therapy for obsessive patterns of pornographic addiction. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the structural therapy, the authors present a case study of a couple battling a pornographic addiction. The...
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...MUZZAMIL HUSSAIN I. Introduction: Pornography has been defined as any material that is sexually explicit but does not appear to be obscene and, which can be displayed through the Internet, adult movies, magazines and adult stores. Obscenity laws in Canada use the community standards models to determine which pornographic material are in accordance with societal morals, and which should be categorized as obscene. John Stuart Mill and the Harms of Pornography is an article written by David Dyzenhaus in 1992, professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. In his article, he raises an interesting idea that liberalists and feminists would support the censorship of pornography (Dyzenhaus, 1992). The feminist viewpoint argues that pornography shows men forcing women into sex; therefore it should be censored because of the harm it causes against women. Dyzenhaus then hypothesizes that because pornography is portrayed as violent material, the classical liberalists such as John Stuart Mill would defend the feminists in censoring such behavior based on his harm principle. The article also raises gender inequality issues of contemporary society, one being the subordination of men to women. Three political philosophies are concerned with the law of obscenity: liberalism, conservatism and feminism. Conservative morality takes into consideration the elements of virtue or wickedness behind pornography and asks if the material in question poses threat to...
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...Pornography benefits women, both personally and politically (McElroy.W 1995. XXX: A Women’s Right to Pornography). Comment on this statement examining both sides of the argument. Pornography is any type of material that depicts erotic behaviour and is intended to cause sexual excitement in its audience. It is an issue that has been under constant debate in our society and there are many arguments for and against pornography it has been extensively debated whether pornographic material should be legally protected or banned. Those who believe pornography must be protected argue that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, including sexual expression. A strong defender to this view is McElroy, who reflects this in her writing of “XXX: A Woman’s Right to Pornography”. Opponents of McElroy’s view raise moral concerns, arguing that the First Amendment does not protect expression that corrupts people's behaviour, therefore defending the suppression of pornography because it perpetuates gender stereotypes, as women are reduced to nothing more than sex objects which promotes violence against women and that men are viewed as “naturally” oppressive and violent and they are ruled by their sexual natures. Opponents also believe that even if pornography is viewed as speech it should be treated as a low value form of speech that is not entitled to First Amendment protection. According to the Radical feminist view, men are socialized to have sexual desires...
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...obedience. I pray that you are active in sharing your faith. I honor the love you have for one another, and I am in astonishment at the hearts you have refreshed. The Jewish Law has no importance to a person’s relationship with God. Jewish law states in order to get heaven you cannot eat pork. Christ Jesus will not care what you eat or when you eat it. Believe that Christ Jesus died on cross for you. Spread the word of his love and mercy. That is how you can call yourself Christian. What you eat is your personal preference. However eating the right thing will not get you nor keep the title Christian from you. So by all means eat pork hot dogs. Eat them for Sunday Supper or any supper. Pork has no correlation to being a Christian. The end of the world is near. Jesus is coming for judgment day. You should be anticipating, and constructing yourself for his return, things such as spreading his word and trying to renew hearts. Marriage and sex just get in the way of preparing for God’s judgment. I do not applaud to any use of pornography. However, if you feel you have to have sexual pleasure, internet pornography is a better choice than sex and marriage. Marriage pulls your attention away from God, and there is no need for a relationship so close to the end of the world. Webster-2 Pornography will distract from preparing yourself for the end, but it will be less distracting than marriage and sex itself. You should...
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...of pornography and the persistent reinforcement of rape culture in today’s society. (Flood, 2009) (Fletcher, 2010) Pornography As stated by Flood (2009), pornography is often exposed to adolescents and can result in a number of potentially negative consequences. If a child is exposed to pornography at a young age it can be particularly upsetting and even reinforce an unhealthy and untrue view of what a relationship and sexual encounters are supposed to be. Younger males who view more violent pornography can be lead to believe that sexual coercion is an acceptable part of all sexual encounters thus making it more likely they will commit a sexual offense. However, these authors believe that young people are entitled to learn about sex, sexuality and health but in a more educational and safe way, something that pornography is not able to do. (Flood, 2009) As summarized by Malamuth, Addison, and Koss, (2000) studies have shown that men who are more likely to commit sexual assault, coercion, or rape have been reported to view more pornography than those who are less likely to commit these acts. This can be used as evidence to support the theory that pornography leads to more aggression or, as these authors say, this could be another theory all together. It’s possible that the personality aspects that make these men high-risk for committing sexual assaults, may require more pornographic stimuli in order to be satisfied. This would mean that their frequent need for pornography may...
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...understood and valued as part of every Christian’s experience. It is highly encouraged for a Christian to be involved in the world of art, but it is important that the Christian viewer has a good understanding of art before they become too involved or make false assumptions due to a lack of understanding. For example, nudity is present in a vast amount of art that was created in the past. One who is not properly educated on art cannot possibly comprehend what the artist is trying to say through his artwork or understand the tools that were used in creating the art. Because of this, one would simply find the nudity in the art unnecessary and more than likely consider it to be pornography instead of art. This is a huge misconception that can completely destroy one’s perspective on art as a believer since pornography is...
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...Digital forensics is the process of uncovering and interpreting electronic data for use in a court of law. In The main goal of the process is to preserve any evidence in its most original form while performing a structured investigation by collecting, identifying and validating the digital information which will be admissible in a court of law. To collect the document is has to follow certain guidelines. United States v. Gourde (2006) and United States v. Zeigler (2007) are both great examples of cases to investigate the case. The primary goal of this document is to demonstrate the importance of digital forensic in solving criminal investigation. In the following paragraph two criminal cases are studied and analyzed. In United States v. Gourde,...
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...A. Steps to prevent baby dumping cases 1. Parents should pay more attention on their children Parents have to monitor their children's activities and behavior. They should guide them with some sex education and also teach them to differentiate between correct and wrong things to do in any situations. Besides that, they should spend more time communicating with their children to give a better understanding of what their children are actually doing. Restrict the number of pornography websites in our country Pornography is one of the ways which lead to baby dumping. Teenagers could access to pornography in just a few clicks on the internet. The parties who are involved should ban some of the pornographic websites, so that teenagers will not be able to access to pornography. 2.2.3 Moral behavior by the parents Parents play an important role to educate their children about sexual behavior, the way to stay out of sexual relationships and how dangerous is unprotected sex. All these must be explained to the children and they will be able to do things rationally. Parents should teach them the way to prevent pregnancy and what will happen when the children have free sex. 2.2.4. Sex education in school The school should provide proper sex education to the students so that they will know how important is his or her body and relationships. The students have to know more about sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS and how it affects human's body. The school counselor...
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...today is significantly more provocative compared to previous decades; if Kim Kardashian’s naked body was the face of the media anytime during the 20th century, the public response would be chaotic, however in 2014 this was not only tolerated but to some extent, it was glorified. Significantly influencing the morals and values obtained by society, the content that flows through the media appears to have a link with social issues such as gender stereotypes, which has shown to produce gender inequality. Throughout recent globalization, it is clear that the values within western culture has rapidly evolved along with technological advancements as well as the development of mass media and particularly, social media; throughout this process, pornography and sexual content in the media has become normalized as well as a social and cultural trend. It is important for sociologists to study and identify whether the values we adopt are moral, harmless and will not corrupt the large population of people exposed to the...
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...Internet censorship has been proposed for censoring the Internet. The debate of implementing it has been characterized as either machine politics, to attract the support of staunch anti-pornography, or an extension into cyberspace of the ongoing battle between libertarianism and social conservation. This essay will discuss both the advantages and the disadvantages of censoring the Internet in Hong Kong before giving reasons for the position of disagreement. Social filtering prevents the exposure of information that is antithetical to morals. In different aspects, including the gambling sites, pornographic sites and sites promoting criminal activity, can the authority block to the targeted people. Many studies reveal that the mass media gives more considerable effects than others on themselves (Lee, 2005). Helgadóttir (2014) criticizes that the first emergence of the pornographic information to children in Iceland is when they are eleven. There are a great amount of pornographic material which are being easily accessible on the Internet so wrong perception of sex may be distributed as several consequence. If pornographic material can be forbidden efficiently, pornography information such as the Edison Chen photo scandal can be prevented. Iceland is therefore proposed to implement the online pornography censorship for the reason that it is unique for the society to take the responsibility of protecting children. Not only pornographic materials but also others that have...
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...The Controversies of Protected and Unprotected Speech The Controversies of Protected and Unprotected Speech Without the ability to express free and open ideas and exchange those thoughts with other individuals, our country’s representative democracy would never have survived. After abandoning the British monarchy, the Founders desired an open democracy free of tyranny and control of information. In order to protect our civilian’s basic principle of freeness of speech, the Founders established the freedoms of speech and the press otherwise known as the First Amendment. Within the United States Constitution, the first amendment contains the right to freedom of speech. This idea has become the core basis and significance of the American society and democracy. Within this amendment, an individual has the right to express their opposing views compared to the popular majority regarding specific areas of speech, religion and expression. More specifically, the first amendment includes the right to freely express one’s religion as well as grant every citizen the right to express any religious belief without government involvement favoring any particular side of religion. This amendment allows and ensures that an individual is allowed to speak their mind and question their higher authorities when the opportunity arises. Moreover, free and open debate is highly favorable and viewed as an essential component for determining the genuineness of opposing and competing...
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...assets, enhance the reliability of accounting records, increase efficiency of operations, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations (Kimmel, Weygandt, Kieso, 2009). This document analyzes both LJB Company strengths and weaknesses and provides recommendation on internal control measures. Internal control is measures adopted within an organization to safeguard its assets, enhance the reliability of accounting records, increase efficiency of operations, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations (Kimmel, Weygandt, Kieso, 2009). This document analyzes both LJB Company strengths and weaknesses and provides recommendation on internal control measures. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction * Overview of Internal Controls * Importance of Internal Controls * The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) Components of Internal Controls * A control environment * Risk assessment * Control activities * Information and communication * Monitoring Principles of Internal Control Activities * Establishment of responsibility * Segregation of duties * Documentation procedures * Physical controls * Independent internal verification * Human resource controls Good Internal Controls by LJB Company * Principles applied * Recommendations Internal Control Violations by LJB Company * Principles applied * Recommendations Summary and Conclusion * * Introduction Overview of Internal Controls Internal controls are systemic...
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...people speend most of their time in front of computer screen Now relating it to psychosis. Psychosis is a mental disorder wherein we lose touch reality varying in two forms, delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are false beliefs about what is taking place of who one is. Because of prolonged isolation some frequent intern users tend to develop symptoms of psychosis, hearing voices, seeing things, depression… etcetera. That’s why most experts fear that even though we are developed technologically, evolving machines drive us mad mentally. Actually, nowadays machines tend to act like cagers and the ones trapped are us humans. As stated by Long et al (2001) that the most common negative use of the internet is pornography. Of course, pornography is only allowed to internet users age eighteen and above or in some...
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