Professor Smut Research Paper

Dennis Robinson
English 102
MWF: 1-1:50
3/21/2015
Dean of Edinboro University
Research Paper

What should be done with Professor Smut? Professor Smut should be fired from Edinboro University. For the following reasons he violated the First Amendment, academic freedom, and may have caused damage to the students. The First Amendment states that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Professor Smut violated academic freedom, “The standard established in these cases requires a plaintiff who alleges a hostile environment
“Pornography that is far more violent and explicit has flooded the market, and this has been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the number of sex crimes (Davis 14).” Sexually violent pornography is a leading cause of sexual offenses; it influences men to believe that women enjoy being forced into sexual activity and that they enjoy being physically hurt during intercourse. Showing pornography in class wasn’t the problem; the problem was the effect it had on the students. The porn only had an adverse impact on the class because it was violent pornography. If Professor Smut showed soft pornography to the class, it would’ve had a less negative impact. None of Professor Smut’s students were warned about the course or its content ahead of time. He has the right to show pornography in class because of academic freedom, but the effect on the students could get him prosecuted.
Men and women take and view harassment differently. “In the absence of any requirement that they take account of the plaintiff’s gender, they may—or they may not—tailor the standard for sexual harassment to the perspective of the particular plaintiff in the case before them (Rutherglen 6).” There are also differences in behavior of men and women. Men are more aggressive and women are more sensitive. The pornography would affect the women more than it’ll effect the
“Forms of expression that are not obscene and that do not aid independently illegal conduct constitute protected under the First Amendment (Rutherglen).” The pornography that Professor Smut showed in class was obscene, that’s why the First Amendment doesn 't protect him. “The belief that pornography diminishes equal opportunities for women in employment, education, and politics and encourages men to treat women as second-class citizens (Baron 364).” City councils and courts have accepted that controversy with very little supporting evidence. An experiential study of the relationship between pornography and gender equality has significant policy and judicial effects. Obscene is offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
In conclusion, Professor Smut should be fired from Edinboro University. He violated the First Amendment, the Academic Bill of Rights, and may have caused damage to the students. It is proven that porn causes men to be violent. Men and women take and view harassment differently, so the reactions of porn will differ from person to person.
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