Women & ***********

GENERAL NOTES 

• There is a dominant heterosexual culture in *********** but we should not ban ****
• In order to counter women as sexual objects and other dangers associated with sex - we must challenge central assumptions about sexuality and gender
• Women should be able to explore their sexual desires
• Look at the wider issues within sexuality rather than ban ***********
• To stamp out dominant views about women being weak we must provide better sex education in schools, and a tolerable attitude towards sex in society
• If we want women to be recognised as capable, strong and independent we need to address the position of women in society 
• People who believe women are weaker than men have been conditioned to believe this
• They are categorising all men and women as they same
• Radical Feminists are guilty of this too
• Radical Feminists would like to censor all ideas that do not agree with their own
• This will not change oppressive society - it will just ban *********** and the problems for women will still be there 

RESPONSE: "*********** IS THE THEORY, **** IS THE PRACTICE"

• A lot of evidence to suggest *********** causes **** is not enough to prove the claim
• It is hearsay and results of psychological experiments
• The vast majority of men who watch *********** do not **** women
• A lot of people who sexually harm women have made no reference to *********** being their inspiration 

RESPONSE: "*********** IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"

• Campaigners say the symbols in *********** mean violence
• Such as leather, chains and whips
• But there are many other items of mainstream fashion that fetishize the female body
• If *********** does cause violence against women, there should not be a ban
• Ignorance never cures a problem
• It probably worsens it because no information is available 

• Liberals believe *********** should exist in society 
• But it should not offend people, so there are restrictions on display of ***********
• This was a result of the Williams Report 1979
• Freedom of speech allows good ideas to multiply and inevitably bad ideas will reduce
• Williams Report argues that the degredation of women in *********** is the same as any other form of wage labour in a capitalist society 
• All workers are restricted by constraints - their lack of wealth
• The harm that *********** may cause is not enough to call for a complete censorship of it from society 
• *********** should be available to those who want it and kept from those who have no wish to be subjected by it
• Deep offence to *********** is a matter of taste