Not in Front of the Children : Indecency, Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth

Acknowledgments xiii Introduction to the 2007 Edition xv INTRODUCTION 3 From Plato to Computers Youth and Censorship: A Road Map Clarifications and Caveats 1. "TO DEPRAVE AND CORRUPT" 15 Minors, Censorship, Sex, and History The Invention of Childhood? "Protecting the Young and Immature" Free Love, the Comstock Law, and "Secret Entertainment" Some Judges Start Asking Questions 2. MORE EMETIC THAN APHRODISIAC 37 Freud, the First Amendment, and a First Round with Ulysses Minors and Obscenity in the '30's and '40's Juvenile Delinquency, Social Science, Comic Books, and Professor Kinsey Intellectual Rumblings 3. THE GREAT AND MYSTERIOUS MOTIVE FORCE IN HUMAN LIFE 60 The Supreme Court Speaks Finally Protecting Young Psyches After Butler and Roth Buttons, Armbands, The Little Red School Book, and Rupert Bear Justice Brennan Changes His Mind 4. POLICING THE AIRWAVES 89 Oral Sex, and "the Public Convenience, Interest, or Necessity" Jerry Garcia and a Definition for Indecency Shielding Young Ears from the Seven Dirty Words Pacifica in the Supreme Court 5. THE REIGN OF DECENCY 109 The FCC, the Meese Commission, and Art About AIDS ACT I, the Irrepressible Mr. Stern, and Perhaps Molly Bloom Sealed Wrappers, Blinder Racks, and Dial-a-Porn A Few Judges Think About Indecency and Harm School Censorship, Heinous Crimes, and Violent Videos 6. THE IDEOLOGICAL MINEFIELD: SEXUALITY EDUCATION 137 Modesty, Virtue, and Early Battles over Sex Ed Teen Pregnancy and Sex Respect Abstinence Unless Married Models of Sexuality Education 7. INDECENCY LAW ON TRIAL: RENO V. ACLU 157 Panic over Cyberspace The Wired Courtroom A Never-Ending Worldwide Conversation 8. FILTERING FEVER 180 The Politics of Filtering Blocking Sex, Vulgarity, and Dr. Seuss State Laws, Loudoun County, and Reno II Heavy Breathing: The "Harry Met Sally" Case V-Chips, and Ratings Revisited Violence, Curse Words, and Kids at Century's End 9. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES 201 Minors in the Global Culture Video Nasties and the Venerable BBFC The French Letter and Internet Watch The European Union Weighs In "Les Dangers Ubuesques du Filtrage" 10. MEDIA EFFECTS 228 Imitation and Catharsis Disproving Aristotle Definitional Dilemmas Sex, Violence, and Social Science Kids, Ambiguity, and the Social Cognition Approach CONCLUSION: "THE ETHICAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH" 254 Notes 265 Index 373