CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY

1. Meaning of Pornography.

1.1. What Pornography is Not

1.1.1. The Erotic is not Pornography

1.1.2. Nudity as Such is not Pornography

1.1.2.1. Theology of the Human Body

1.1.2.2. Nudity and Scripture

1.1.2.3. Nudity and History

1.1.2.4. Nudity as Experienced by Nudists

1.1.2.5. Nudity Can Be Modest.

1.1.2.6. Nudity as a Possible Tonic of Life

1.1.2.6.1. Nudity and Physical Hygiene

1.1.2.6.2. Nudity and Mental Hygiene

1.1.2.6.3. Nudity and Spiritual Hygiene 45 1.1.3 Art is not Pornography

1.2. What Pornography is.

1.2.1. Existence of Confusion

1.2.2. Working Definition of Pornography

2. Types of Pornography

CHAPTER TWO

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY
1. Causes of Pornography

1.1. Sexual Hedonism

1.2. Sexual Prudery or Puritanism

1.2.1. Puritanism as a Form of Pornography

1.2.2. Sexuality as an Integral Part of Humanity

1.3. Sexual Non-Integration

1.4. Sexual Frustration

1.5. Rebellion against Authority.

1.6. Exaggeration of the Philosophical

Trend of the Times

2. Effects of Pornography

2.1. Male and Female Responses to Pornography

2.2. Is Pornography Dangerous?..

3. Psychology of Pornographic Writers

4. Psychology of Pornographic Consumers

CHAPTER THREE

MORAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY

1. Pornography Goes Counter to the Nature of Sexuality

2. Pornography Contravenes Decency

3. Pornography Causes Great Harm to Self

3.1. Sexual Restraint in Itself Has

No Harmful Effects

3.2. Harmful Effects of Sexual Indulgence

4. Pornography is the Undiluted Essence of Anti-Female

Propaganda

5. Pornography Takes Advantage of

Human Weakness and Sexual Hunger

6. Pornography Constitutes an Invasion of Privacy

7. Pornography Appeals to and Provokes Sexual

Regression
8. Pornography Breaks Down the Feelings of Shame

9. Pornography Encourages “The Pure Libidinal Principle”

10. Pornography Harms Marriage

11. Pornography is Great Deception

CHATER FOUR

LEGAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY

1. General Reflections on Legal Restrictions in Pornography

1.1. The Policy of Censorship is Based on a

False Presupposition

1.2. Legal Restrictions on Pornography are of

Recent Ori gin

1.3. All that is Necessary to Make a Book a Best

Seller is to Condemn It.

2. Specific Reflections on Legal Restrictions in

Pornography

2.1. Should Obscenity Legislation Exist in Art?

2.1.1. The Basis of Obscenity Legislation is a Relative Reality

2.1.2. Obscenity from the Legal Point of

View is Ambiguous

2.1.3. Art in Itself Can Never be Obscene

2.1.4. Critique of the Indian Law

2.2. Should Obscenity Legislation Exist in the Media?

2.3. Shouldn’t a Limited Public Control of Pornography Exist?

3. Education is the Best Means of Combating

Pornography

CHAPTER FIVE

PASTORAL ASPECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY

1. Encourage Cultivation of Proper Reading Flabits

1.1. Cultivation of Proper Reading Habits.

1.2. Why We Must Read Supposedly Obscene Books

1.3. How to Read a Supposedly Obscene Book