Pornography and the media contribute to the oppression of women. Should they be censored?IntroductionWhen we talk about freedom of expression and censorship, it is important to consider them in the context of the discourses of power: the power to impose points of view, opinions and ideologies, the power to speak and the power to silence. When socially privileged individuals are challenged over their right to speak, they vehemently defend free speech. Power differences are ignored: who has power and who does not. Regarding this issue, I will argue that pornography should be censored and controlled socially and legally, due to its immoral content that harms women and violates their right to freedom of expression. Definitions To qualify pornography as moral/immoral, we must first define morality. What is moral and immoral is very diverse depending on people, so there is no universal meaning of what morality is. However, an acceptable interpretation of morality could be used to define it as behavior that does not harm or violate another person or people. Harm can take any form, whether physical, emotional, psychological, social or economic. Having defined what is moral/immoral, it becomes necessary to formulate a definition of pornography. To say that pornography is sexually explicit material is a premature definition, where the term "sexually explicit" has a diverse meaning and a wide variety of content: sexual exhibition postures, non-violent sexually acts (homosexual and heterosexual), sexually explicit acts violent which include “mutilation, torture, rape and even murder”, sexually degrading acts which are not violent (positions of servility towards others), material including children, etc. To maintain normative force (that pornography... middle of paper ...... we abandon the lesser standards of morality and political responsibility, we become responsible for the harm and injustice caused to women. ReferencesLangton, R., 1993, “Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts”, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 22(4): 293-330. Longino, H., 1980, “Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look” in Laura Lederer ( ed.), Take Back The Night, New York: William Morrow. MacKinnon, C., 1995, Only Words, London: Harper Collins Jensen, R. (July 2004). a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence West, Caroline, "Pornography and Censorship", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2013 edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL. = .