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    In “Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look”, Longino argues that porn is immoral because it is harmful to others and can mentally and physically affect an individual. In this essay, I will argue that porn is not immoral because the benefits of watching pornography outweighs the consequences. Aside from this, I will share my thoughts, with respect to Wicclair, on a better alternative with dealing with pornography. To start off the essay, Longino is arguing on the premise that if something

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    Catharine MacKinnon's Book Feminism Unmodified Catharine MacKinnon, in her book Feminism Unmodified, takes a unique approach to the problem of gender inequality in America. She claims that pornography defines the way in which America’s patriarchal society perpetuates male dominance, and attacks traditional liberal methods that defend pornography on the basis of the first amendment’s right to free speech. According to MacKinnon, pornography is not an example of speech but rather an act. She

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    “Bitch (feminist magazine) manages to give full-time and part-time employees – all of whom are women – healthcare, maternity leave, and the “Bitch minimum wage” of $15 an hour, “If Bitch can do it, why can’t you?” –Falks. Women in today 's modern society are facing inequality at their jobs. Precisely like unequal pay, sexual harassment, and terrible maternity leaves. They work the same job and get paid incredibly less than their male co-workers. Although it may take years, women deserve to have full

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    Female Consumers and Pornography: A Comparative Study between Chinese Consumers and Non-consumers’ opinions towards pornography. Society is increasingly sexualizing women bodies in advertising and porn is now a large industry. It is estimated that many young men watch or view porn in magazines or online, but there is little information on women’s use of porn although there is an small industry catering to women’s needs. So I want to find out what you think about porn and how you might use it and

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    Anti-porn feminist like Catherine MacKinnon believe that pornography ruins the image of women’ society. Pro-sex feminist Wendy McElroy believes in the principle” a woman’s body, a woman’s right.” Pornography is the printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement. MacKinnon thinks that this is violence against women while McElroy believes is of importance to women MacKinnon believes that pornography is

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    Anti-Censorship Feminism

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    2.1.2 Anti-censorship feminists’ debates on pornography consumption While anti-pornography feminists such as Dworkin and Mackinnon argued that pornography disseminate negative beliefs on sex and further objectify females’ body and called for legislative censorship, libertarian feminists (e.g. Joel Feinberg; John Stuart Mill; Ronald Dworkin; Nadine Strossen) with a more sex-positive perspective, commenced to oppose radical feminists’ notions that pornography is intrinsically harmful. Bear in mind

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    troubles behind them. Catharine Parr

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    Catharine Maria Sedgewick's Hope Leslie The title character of Catharine Maria Sedgewick’s novel, Hope Leslie, defies the standards to which women of the era were to adhere. Sedgewick’s novel is set in New England during the 17th century after the Puritans had broken away from the Church of England. Hope Leslie lives in a repressive Puritan society in which women behave passively, submit to the males around them, and live by the Bible. They allow the men of their family to make decisions for

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    Abstract In the Comfort Theory, proposed by Catharine Kolcaba, the tradition of nursing discipline - deriving theory from former disciplines is examined, and the notion of former healthcare disciplines deriving nursing theory has been recommended. A short literature review of plagiarized theory sets the position to examine the modification of the theory. She describes convenience as one of the mechanisms for the full rehabilitation of the patient, and the personal desire of the patient to recovery

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    While society’s ideals placed restrictions on women, there were a few significant women who fought against traditional standards, strove for independence, and pushed for social change through their writing. New authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Catharine Macaulay, and Jane Austen created works that challenged society’s perspective on women and influenced change in

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