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		Shamir inserted ‘sign-posts’ into visible locations such as the restroom and the building’s entrance, and assimilated them so that they were integrated ‘naturally’ into the architectural components: tin sign-posts were attached to the entrance walls and to the building’s central columns, while other sign-posts were planted in hidden niches in the museum.
		In a glittering golden-framed triptych Hod depicted three women soldiers, each directing her gaze toward eternity, conveying pride, glamour and patriotism — a visual convention in official photographs of male and female soldiers in Israeli historical propaganda.
		The woman soldier at the center of the triptych was the artist himself, employing his own body dressed in drag to characterize the stereotype of the woman soldier, rendering her both kitschy and exotic.
	www.katzfreiman.com /metasex-main.htm (5845 words)

	Sex and shopping - it's a French thing - FeaturesWorld - www.theage.com.au
		Far from being simply about sex and pornography, sexy advertisements can mean anything from sensual, striking, engaging and pleasing on the eye to enticing and visually mouth-watering.
		But supporters of porno-chic are adamant that censorship must not prevail over the liberty to use sex and fantasy in ads with flair and to be proudly feminine.
		He said the "manly being" in the ad, surrounded by a gaggle of big-breasted, bikini-clad women on a yacht, is meant to reassure "the stronger sex" that despite being more dispensable to the modern woman's needs and survival, women still want "real men".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/03/05/1078464638343.html (841 words)

	Santa Barbara Consultation and Healing - Marsha Rand and Barnaby Barratt
		However, in general, patterns of sexual responsiveness are quite stable, such that an individual is only likely to be excited by erotic materials that correspond to his or her particular pattern of sexual response.
		For example, delinquent and non-delinquent youth do not respond differently to nonviolent sexual stimuli, but an individual already disposed to aggression is more likely to have his or her aggressive feelings temporarily aroused by exposure to the depiction of aggressive acts.
		The depiction of coercion, aggression or violence in sexually inexplicit media, such as network television, has been found, in extensive investigations, to have similarly facilitative effects on attitude and mood.
	www.mwsexual.com /readingroom/articles/sexually-explicit.htm (1490 words)

	TAP: Vol 9, Iss. 39. Screening Out Sex. Marjorie Heins. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stayton had testified that explicit sex information and even pornography do not by themselves cause psychological harm to minors of any age, a view that he said is in the mainstream among sex educators.
		A 1991 field study of juvenile sex offenders reported that although most of them had seen pornography, the primary causes of sexual offenses among these adolescent boys were their own histories of physical and sexual abuse.
		For children to be taught by these materials that sex is public, that sex is commercial, and that sex can be divorced from any degree of affection, love, commitment, or marriage is for us the wrong message at the wrong time.
	www.prospect.org /print/V9/39/heins-m.html (3099 words)

	The Sex Worker's Art Show - Media: The Stranger - Red Light District
		To counteract destructive notions, sex workers are unifying to present their artistic creations outside the industry in order to reveal their personal and occupational pride.
		Oakley, as an out sex worker, wanted to bring the experiences of the industry, depicted in the art done by sex workers, into community-center events in order to spark outreach.
		Her depiction of the telephone receptionist for a New York brothel ran rampant with intelligent wit and biting social commentary.
	www.sexworkersartshow.com /media/stranger.html (702 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - After Sex
		After Sex was a controversial release in the States during 1998, after the film enjoyed a successful run at the French box office, encouraged by much love from the Cannes Film Festival.
		The movie was controversial because the sex scenes were so energetic, and many people were offended by the idea of a forty-year-old actress graphically enjoying an on-screen sexual act with a twenty-year-old man. This was long before Demi and Ashton, so it felt very revolutionary at the time.
		Part of the reason After Sex captures the desires of a middle-aged woman in crisis so well is that Brigitte not only stars in the film, but she directed it, and helped write the screenplay.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/aftersex.php (899 words)

	‘Song’ proves sex and rock ‘n’ roll a volatile mix \| The Rice Thresher
		Ultimately, though, the film’s graphic depiction of sex and Winterbottom’s utter refusal to plumb the characters’ emotional depths makes 9 Songs feel like a dirty movie dressed up with pretense for the art house crowd.
		And while sex can be integral to a film’s narrative — Berry and Billy Bob Thornton’s sex scene in Monster’s Ball provided invaluable emotional intensity — it is often a gratuitous venture.
		The type of sex depicted in 9 Songs, as excessive as it is, cannot fairly be called gratuitous.
	the.ricethresher.org /ae/2005/08/26/nine_songs (654 words)

	'Sex is controversial'
		Explicit sex scenes are spliced with scenes from live performances by a number of hard rock bands.
		The two soon have sex though, and there is nothing left to the imagination.
		There was explicit sex in the American film Kinsey as well, but it wasn't one tenth as explicit and shocking as the content in Nine Songs or gratuitous and repulsive as in Anatomy Of Hell.
	inhome.rediff.com /movies/2004/sep/16sex.htm (875 words)

	Erotica vs. Porn
		Pornography is just sex entertainment, and erotica is what women who don't want to admit that they are reading stroke stories call their pornography.
		Pornography is just another word for poorly made sex entertainment, and erotica is what you call the unusual, creative, and refreshing stuff -- just like space opera is bad sci-fi and speculative fiction is the good stuff.
		But there isn't any reason why sex entertainment has to be shunted off as the bastard child of the entertainment industry, fit only for talentless sleaze -- actors who couldn't act their way out of a McDonald's Happy Meal box.
	www.io.com /~wwwomen/sexuality/versus.html (1310 words)

	Obscene Material
		When used to describe matter that is a depiction of an act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct, such term means matter containing such a visual reproduction that itself lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
		The depiction of an individual less than 17 years of age that violates this division shall constitute a separate offense for each single visual depiction.
		Possession of three or more copies of the same visual depiction contained in obscene matter is prima facie evidence of possession with intent to disseminate the same.
	www.icje.org /id80.htm (941 words)

	Cinema Veritas: Comment on Real Sex and Last Tango in Paris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Assumptions that all Christians are prudes in their perspective of sex aside, I believe 9 Songs and their ilk do not depict "real" sex because they tend to focus on such a small aspect of relationships and the joint journey of marital life.
		Sex is rarely portrayed in movies the way it is portrayed in the Bible, and as the Bible is the source of Christian belief, I would declare that sex as depicted in movies isn't a "true" picture of what sex was intended to be and is in healthy marriages.
		Sarah says: "Sex is rarely portrayed in movies the way it is portrayed in the Bible, and as the Bible is the source of Christian belief, I would declare that sex as depicted in movies isn't a "true" picture of what sex was intended to be and is in healthy marriages.
	www.worldmagblog.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=17145 (3054 words)

	Child Porn 101 at Cap College :: News :: thetyee.ca
		She made it easier to fulfill requirements to use the artistic merit legal defense and deemed that "self-created expressive material" and "personal recordings of lawful sexual activities" were not criminal.
		It is irrelevant to compare using the artistic merit defence in the case of vandalizing a home.
		The artistic merit defence was intended to be used when there was no actual crime being committed.
	www.thetyee.ca /News/2005/11/25/ChildPorn101 (4169 words)

	THE BIOLOGY OF PASSION: A REICHIAN VIEW OF SEX AND LOVE Ó 2000 by Nina Silver, Ph.D
		He taught that neurosis results from yielding to one's sexual impulses, a healthy psyche is based on one's ability to control the need for sex, and that society best flourishes when people rechannel their natural impulses into more "civilized" activities like work or artistic endeavors.
		It is this ecstasy to which Reich referred when he wrote that the involuntary spiral streaming of orgonotic energy that exists in the upper atmosphere of the earth is the same energy in quality and movement that manifests in the unarmored pelvic musculature during sexual release.
		Heartfelt, connected sex is a genuine spiritual experience because the spiraling movements of life force in the human body mirror the spiraling energetic currents in the cosmos.
	www.orgone.org /articles/ax2000nina-01.htm (4354 words)

	BoyAbuse
		As well, the high court said people can possess video recordings or photographs of themselves, but they must not depict unlawful sexual activity, must be for private use and be created with the consent of all involved.
		In Canada, the age of consent for sex is 14 but one must be at least 18 to lawfully take part in pornography.
		Any material that highlights the sexual depiction of genitalia or the anus of someone under the age of 18 would be considered child porn, the court ruled.
	british-columbia.ca.human-rights.org /BoyAbuse.html (396 words)

	Child Exploitation and Obscenity (CEOS): Child Obscenity Background
		In the exercise of the First Amendment right to free expression which everyone enjoys, sex may be portrayed, and the subject of sex may be discussed, freely and publicly.
		Although material is not to be condemned merely because it contains passages or sequences that describe or depict sexual activity, the courts have consistently held that the right to free expression does not extend to material which is obscene.
		Obscene depictions of sexual conduct are subject to federal criminal laws regarding importation, transportation and distribution.
	www.usdoj.gov /criminal/ceos/obscenity.html (271 words)

	Save-The-World Kids (1): Notes 27-45
		Both individuals had sex with older males and men at a young age (producing both positive and negative experiences) but Wojnarowicz did not, to the surprise of many, end up in prison as Genet did.
		Highly taboo sexual realities also dominated in David Wojnarowicz's mind (reflected in his enjoyment of anonymous sex with men beginning by the age of 9), and sex also dominated his art to a level deemed by some critics and friends to be "excessive," especially because "it embodies the sexuality from his childhood...(p.
		Parents reporting that sex play is occurring in the house often note that a peculiar silence is heard, which also reveals that children are not all that innocent concerning their sexual desires/endeavors.
	www.youth-suicide.com /gay-bisexual/sathewo5.htm (5893 words)

	ASHCROFT V. FREE SPEECH COALITION
		Section 2256(8)(B) prohibits “any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture” that “is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” The prohibition on “any visual depiction” does not depend at all on how the image is produced.
		The statute proscribes the visual depiction of an idea–that of teenagers engaging in sexual activity–that is a fact of modern society and has been a theme in art and literature throughout the ages.
		This is inconsistent with an essential First Amendment rule: The artistic merit of a work does not depend on the presence of a single explicit scene.
	www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/00-795.ZO.html (5620 words)

	Edo erotica - Salon
		There might be sex -- in the privacy of urban bedrooms or the subsensual tensions of the office space and the cocktail bar -- but the widespread devotion to commerce and consumption leaves little space for serious desire.
		The artistic expression of this is in a current exhibit titled "The Dawn of the Floating World" (ukiyo-e), a group of prints, paintings and books from 1650-1765 by a small number of outstanding artists and schools.
		Imagine a vibrant city in which daily life is a combination of animated conversation, relaxing music plucked on the banjolike shamisen and clever songs, cups of tea and sex, all delivered by beautiful women.
	dir.salon.com /story/sex/galleries/2002/02/07/edo/index.html (1204 words)

	Elfenbein - "Romantic Loves: A Response to _Historicizing Romantic Sexuality_" - Historicizing Romantic Sexuality - ...
		His larger point is to avoid the perceived trap of elevating sex to "the side of reality," while demoting sexuality merely to "confused ideas and illusions" (15).
		Since Foucault sees little purpose in writing a history of sex acts, he is more concerned to counter the assumption that he will present a victorious history of sexual repression (bad) and sexual liberation (good).
		What counts is not approving or disapproving of particular statements, but grasping the larger system that allowed sex to enter language at all: why sex was worth talking about, who talked about it, what institutions undergirded them, and how language about sex was recorded and disseminated.
	www.rc.umd.edu /praxis/sexuality/elfenbein/elfenbein.html (4632 words)

	SparkNotes: The Second Sex: Historical Figures List
		Ellis’s landmark work, Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1897–1928), a seven-volume compendium of case studies, was initially banned as filthy, and for many years it was available only to the medical profession.
		As is evident throughout The Second Sex, his ideas influenced hers immensely—sometimes too much, as her detractors often claim.
		Her autobiography, published the same year of her death, supplied de Beauvoir with many examples of female vanity but also of the rewards of artistic accomplishment and of achievements independent of male influence.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/secondsex/characters.html (1746 words)

	State v. Harrold, S-97-1167, 256 Neb. 829
		To decide this question of fact, the triers of fact must look at the work depicting sexual conduct as a whole and determine whether its dominant theme is one which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in appealing to a shameful or morbid interest in sex.
		Harrold's masturbation is clearly depicted; in fact, the camera is placed in such a way that Harrold's genitals are prominently displayed and are the primary image visible on the screen during Harrold's masturbation.
		In that decision, the district court found that in order to appeal to the prurient interest, a work must appeal to the "darker side of sex," and listed the depiction of force, deliberate pain, inanimate insertions, bondage, deception, or the involvement of children or animals as examples of material that would be considered obscene.
	www.ncpa.ne.gov /ctopinio/S97-1167.htm (10654 words)

	Is Art a Path To Personal Salvation? - Peter Morrell
		Surprisingly few artists, even amongst the Impressionists, have chosen to depict, through their work, a boring mundane world, yet those artists are legion who have glorified and idealised their world or depicted an entirely subjective ‘luminous realm’ existing beyond physical sensation.
		It is a means of negotiating their inner world, their emotional responses to the world, and of depicting the ongoing dialogue they feel occurs between their inner world and the outer world of physical forms that charm and fascinate them.
		The artist relies, in their work, very much upon his/her ability to distort reality, to deny its power, to let the mind triumph over matter and to project onto the mundane world a vision all his/her own, which can be allowed to ‘run all over’ i.e.
	www.homeoint.org /morrell/misc/salvation.htm (7479 words)

	Forums - Slighty off-topic Alan Moore discussion...
		Your comment about fantasizing about children having sex doesn't make sense, because if we were to do so then we would have to interpret every novel as acting out the author's fantasies and that's no way to go about literary analysis.
		If you can't see the difference between exploitive graphic sex between young children and sex between a grown man and woman, then I'm afraid the problem is not with me, but with you.
		But there was, if I recall correctly, talk a few years ago about passing a law making depiction of any underage sex in any media a punishable offense, meaning a lot of movies, books, and television would not only disappear, but make their creators from artists into criminals overnight.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=500652&page=3 (2359 words)

	Docket No. 93952, People v. Alexander (Il. S. Ct.) - filed May 22, 2003
		The indictment charged that the defendant possessed and intended to distribute computer depictions of children that he knew or reasonably should have known to be under 18 years of age engaged in various sexual activities.
		"(4) 'Depict by computer' means to generate or create, or cause to be created or generated, a computer program or data that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
		Because each of the 54 counts against the defendant allege that he possessed a "depiction by computer" of a child engaged in sexual activity, he assails the definitions of "depict" and "depiction by computer" in sections 11-20.1(f)(4) and 11-20.1(f)(5).
	www.state.il.us /court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2003/May/Opinions/Html/93952.htm (2865 words)

	Texas Sex Crimes
		Below is a complete list of all sex crimes that a person can be charged with in the state court in Texas.
		Younger than 18 years at the time the depiction was created or modified, OR Whose image as a person younger than 18 was used in creating the image.
		A person who possesses six or more identical visual depictions of a child as described by Subsection (a) is presumed to possess the material with intent to promote.
	www.texassexcrimedefense.com /PracticeAreas/Texas-Sex-Crimes-Law.asp (3016 words)

	Reason
		Furious viewers of Trinity Broadcasting Network, or maybe just fans dismayed at the way Boone's leather bar regalia made explicit the gay undercurrent that had always been part of the "Tutti-Frutti" singer's Tab Hunterish appeal, flooded TBN with hate mail and succeeded in getting his show Gospel America yanked from the airwaves.
		It may seem disappointing that Boone, having suffered such an outbreak of artistic intolerance, would come out in favor of suppression of free speech, but during a recent lobbying junket in the nation's capital, he defended "healthy" censorship that "has become a bad word because everybody associates it with some kind of restriction on liberty."
		If this humorous picaresque were alone in depicting culture as a clear and present danger, we could dismiss it.
	www.reason.com /links/links042704.shtml (1132 words)

	'Sex is controversial'
		Explicit sex scenes are spliced with scenes from live performances by a number of hard rock bands.
		The two soon have sex though, and there is nothing left to the imagination.
		Halfway through the movie, when the sex acts took a particular turn, many in the audience gasped.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2004/sep/16sex.htm (875 words)

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