Artwork vs Obscenity discussion questions
🗨️ What justifies the existence of creative works of art or fiction?
🗨️ Can creative works be separated categorically into “legitimate artwork” vs “obscenity/pornography”?
🗨️ Do obscene and pornographic creative works have a right to exist?
🗨️ How does one categorically determine the difference between “legitimate artwork” and “obscenity/pornography”?
🗨️ What matters more in categorizing creative works; the intent of the creator, or the perception of the audience?
🗨️ What do we do when one audience perceives a creative work as legitimate artwork and one audience perceives a creative work as obscene or pornographic? Whose experience do we legitimize and whose do we invalidate? Must we invalidate one or the other?
🗨️ What do we do when the creative intent of the work doesn’t match the audience perception?
🗨️ Is there a way to categorically determine the themes and elements present in legitimate artwork in a way that cannot be applied to obscenity or pornography?
🗨️ Are arousal and sexual desire legitimate emotions for a creative work to try to invoke?
🗨️ What do we do about people who experience sexual desire and arousal provoked from creative works that are not intended by the artist to arouse them?
🗨️ What standards can we apply to creative works that include all “legitimate artwork” and excludes all “obscenity/pornography”? How can these standards be applied in a fair and non-discriminatory manner?
🗨️ Who do we allow to determine the difference between “legitimate artwork” and “obscenity/pornography” and what factors inspire our trust in them that they will apply these standards in a fair and non-discriminatory manner?
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