Woman Between Islam and Western Society
2. Woman in Society
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The demand for pornography has become so great
that, in western countries, it has developed into a
regular industry. In America itself this industry has
an annual turnover of $ 8 billion. The problems
created by it are of such magnitude that a U.S.
government commission has issued a report linking
sex crimes with hard-core pornography. The
commission, headed by then U.S. Attorney General
Mr. Edwin Meese, called for a law enforcement
effort of unprecedented scope against the $ 8
billion-a-year pornography industry.
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Another
commission set up by the U.S. Justice Department
has come to a similar conclusion. This report,
entitled
Degrading Women,
was published in the
national press.
In an introduction to its final report, the Attorney
General’s commission on pornography urged action
against the pornography industry, including more
severe penalties for violation of obscenity laws. The
report found that exposure to most pornography
bears some causal relationship to the level of sexual
violence, sexual coercion or unwanted sexual
aggression. The commission’s conclusions conflict
with those of a 1970 presidential commission that
