IntroductionDuring the 1950s, there was a social movement against the pornography industry in Canada. Religious and feminist groups were concerned about the harmful effects of danger and degradation of women. The opposition to this movement was that pornography was freedom of expression and sexual orientation. This has given rise to much political debate and controversy over what is ethically right and what constitutes personal freedom. This has created many problems for the Canadian government on how to legislate pornography and enforce Canada's common rights. First Legislation on Obscenity and Criminal Law In 1959, the Canadian government passed the first law regarding obscenity after a social movement by feminist groups. Canadian law states: "For the purposes of the Act, any publication of which a dominant characteristic is the undue exploitation of sex, and one or more of the following subjects, namely crime, horror, cruelty and violence, will be considered obscene. ". The addition of this law did not resolve the conflict between liberals and conservatives over the value of pornography and sex itself. It was all based on a single question: were depictions of sex socially and morally dangerous or sexually liberating? Feminist groups have argued that pornography oppresses women and that it will make men believe that this degrading behavior depicted in adult entertainment is acceptable and that something must be done to change it. However, not all feminists believed in this movement. This particular group was called Feminist Against Censorship. This special group opposed the censorship of pornography because it would give men in the Canadian government the power to control rights. of women: this is the epitome of sexism Some feminist leaders in North America have said that current laws interpret the text this way. that the government ignores the realities of women's lives. In other words, the feminist group says, the law is too subjective and must be thrown out and a whole new law brought in that will eliminate pornography altogether. For women to change this law, they would have to prove that men who consume pornography also behave this way by degrading and dehumanizing women. At this point, there was no evidence that if a man viewed pornography he would resort to violence or engage in humiliating behavior toward women...