Page 2772 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 21 November 1989
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other's mouths. Defecation on women is still portrayed. It says on the video, "Shit lovers, that shit can give you pleasure". Once again, it is not a nice topic, but it is important to know what is available in videos in this town. That one is distributed by Showtime Distributors, from a post office box in Kingston.
Children are portrayed in the videos. There are various legal videos collected from catalogues today depicting high school titles, schoolgirls and so on. This suggests that the childish innocence is being exploited. Also videos portray incest, brother-and-sister sex.
Let us have a look at whether or not we are talking about non-violent erotica or pornography. Once again, the only way to do this is to look at the definition. Pornography is defined as writings or pictures dealing with sexual matters in a manner intended to incite lust and therefore considered obscene. Once again, whether or not they are intended to, let us have a look at whether they do. We will have a look at the definition of lust, which is a desire for indulgence of sex, especially excessive sexual desire. If anyone suggested to me that those videos do not do that, one would not understand where their ideas were coming from. It also suggests, under pornography, a description or portrayal of any activity regarded as obscene. I consider that those videos that I mentioned a moment ago are obscene.
Mr Humphries mentioned that there has been a clear indication between pornography and battered wives. Pornography also affects children. According to Policewoman Vicki Fraser of the Victorian child exploitation unit, in over 90 per cent of the cases that they have handled in that unit pornography has been shown to, or has fallen into the hands of, children - over 90 per cent. I wonder why there are members in this Assembly who are laughing at this time - a most interesting consideration. Detective Senior Constable Haffner of the juvenile aid bureau in Queensland said, "The connection between pornography and child sexual abuse has been made clear in the courts time and again. Pornography of any type has no socially redeeming factors and can be clearly linked, in my experience, with serious sexual offenders".
In South Australia and in Queensland from 1964 to 1970 the incidence of rape was the same. In 1970 in South Australia - - -
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; standing order 58 says that a member shall not digress from the subject matter of any question under discussion. I believe that is what is happening at the moment.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you for your observation, Mr Moore. I have already ruled on that issue. Please proceed, Mr Stevenson, but stay closer to the point.
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