Why are Women Devouring Fifty Shades of Grey?

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203. the proposed legislation was civil, not criminal

It would give someone harmed in the making of pornography the right to sue the pornographers to get it off the shelves and to sue for compensatory damages.

Also, the family of the little Asian girl who was hanged from a tree in Chapel Hill two weeks after the January 1985 Penthouse issue of girls hanging from trees could sue for compensatory emotional damages, if they could illustrate the influence of the material.

There are many civil cases where plaintiffs have won on issues with much less obvious causation and less harm (hot coffee, robbers getting harmed when trespassing on someone else's property).

This was for CIVIL harm, not criminal. And it didn't entail prior restraint.

Fortunately, since the legislation, at least the presence of pornography in a work environment can be grounds for suing on the basis of creating a hostile environment for women.

I don't see you arguing that a worker putting up pictures of barely legal hot sluts being double penetrated in the workplace around his female co-workers ought to be protected speech.