Title: DB - Sex and the Law
Course: SOC 130 RTZ > Section: Week 7

Please discuss the following;

Part One: In 1973, in Miller v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court defined obscene as “whether ‘the average person, applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.’….”

What community do you belong to (what is ok, or too going to far)? What kind of pornography would your community think was obscene or ok? Do you belong to more than one community? How would you negotiate the standards of the communities you might belong to? How useful is this definition? What are the dangers?

Part Two: Outside of Rape or Molestation, in other words non-consensual sex,what other sex act should be legalized or made illegal?

Part Three: Should morality or religion be the basis for ANY laws regulating sex? For instance, did you know that if you are caught urinating outside it can be considered a sexual act and you could be arrested and tagged as a sex offender. Is that ok, why or why not? When would it be ok?