Any criticism of this apparently constitutes a “moral crusade” or “Victorian prudishness”, given that the content in question is not “actually” depicting a real-life rape or sexual assault. This moral posturing is as myopic as it is disingenuous. First and foremost, questions must be asked about why we are now at a place in our collective consciousness where the fictional rape or sexual assault of a woman is something to be commodified and consumed as if it were any other media. It is not a coherent moral positionality to assert that sexual gratification gained from watching a fictional sexual assault is somehow outdated or prudish, given the parallel cultural conversation about how women have for too long been subjected to the very same thing. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X.We cannot simultaneously condone and require an overhaul of how we view and propagate male sexual entitlement within society-at-large.Reasons: Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community” Of the 273 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books: The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content. Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews.Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images Of the 1597 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books: The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021.
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