The question (& answer) were taken from p. 189 of The Encyclopedia of Censorship by Jonathon Green. The book was published in 1990 by Facts on File, Inc.“that the basic guidelines must be (a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest; (b) whether the work depicts of describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law…”
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
TOW (& Answer)...
This week’s question was what is the Miller Standard? The Miller Standard refers to the test for obscenity in America. The standard demands
