ABSTRACT
The Supreme Court seems to be erecting a more complex standard for judging pornography to replace the old concern with individual morality. The very act of labelling some item as pornographic or obscene creates a social response very close to that brought on by pornography itself. The act of labelling often generates sexual anticipation centered on fantasies about the business of pornography and the erotic character of those who produce it. Summing up their feeling that pornography is far from being a strong determinant of sexual behavior, and that the use of pornography tends to be a derivative of already existing sexual commitments, the authors observe: “Men make the collections, collections do make the men.” The most difficult problem in considering pornography is the fringeland found on newsstands: the pulp books, national tabloids, men’s magazines, and pinup collections which line the racks in drugstores, bus stations and rail and air terminals.
