A First Amendment Junkie by Susan Jacoby (Summary and Response)

                In the essay “A First American Junkie” by Susan Jacoby, a well-known feminist writer, it talks about censoring pornography is not right. She believes it is a violation when it comes to the first amendment. In the article she is not pounding on feminist but showing that some of their arguments have flaws. For instance Jacoby says people always compare kiddie porn to adult porn but those two are just not in the same lane because it is not a first amendment issue.

                Now I have never watched porn so I cannot really say well feminist are taking this to fare. But it is a right people do have to make porn. In the essay it says feminist see pornography is a “threat to women.” How is it a threat?  To be honest I do not know if it is really a threat but I do know that some pornography might be offensive to women. I can see woman being offend by the way a person might depict women in it. In the essay Jacoby talks about how she showed women photos from playboy and Penthouse and how she got a range of different responses to them. This just shows that some people see it as some type of art while others do not.

                When Jacoby says it is a violation when it comes to the First amendment, I agree. When feminist want to censor pornography it’s like telling that person they cannot express themselves fully. There are artist who paint pictures of the female body and I am sure it doesn't rub all women the same way. Some might like it and see the artist point of view and others might look at it like why are you showing a women naked like this, this is wrong. They can find it wrong but they can’t go and say this is way too much you must change it. My point is just because it’s not appealing to their eye doesn't mean that person has to change it because it’s their right to be able to express things however they like.