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From: zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Feminism, Pornography & Prudery
Message-ID: <585@wlcrjs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 22:31:02 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 22:31:02 1985
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Reply-To: zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
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Summary: 


	Recently an *adult book and gift shop* opened on the
outskirts of Beloit,Wisconsin. The converted an old gas station,
painted it pink and even posted a large bill board along the inter-
state ( they are located at an on/off ramp. )

	The hurrah raised by this caused quite a commotion in the
city and town council meetings for a while and then died off.
	The store opened and conducts a medium amount of business,
books, magazines, video tapes and assorted odds and ends.

	Presently there is a group lobbying all over the state for
enactment of statewide porn laws which , they feel, would close down
this business.

	I am not supporting or condeming the business or its owners
merely noting that they exist.

	The prime rationale used for lobbying against this business
establishment and others like it is primarily the degradation caused
to women and the removal of ritual from sex. Pretty much the same
arguements we have been seeing here.

	By the way the prime mover in this effort is the
Organization of Catholic Women and the reasoning they are using is
almost 100% based on the dogma and rulings of the Catholic Church.

	IF they have their way, they are trying hard, Wisconsin
at least will have a set of laws defining porn according to
the Catholic Churches ideas of sex and sexual relations.

	Wisconsin is also one of those states which still has
co-habitation laws on the books.

	Scary thought I think. I am not against the Catholic Church
but I sure dont want that or any one organization defining what
is good, bad,right or wrong for me.



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From the mostly vacant environment of  Jeanette L. Zobjeck (ihnp4!wlcrjs!zubbie)

All opinions expressed may not even be my own.
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