Interestingly, the historic case of 1868.... : Quote by Gay Talese

“ Interestingly, the historic case of 1868 in England that first defined obscenity-known among lawyers as the Hicklin decision- evolved out of the prosecution of a pamphlet describing how priests were often so sexually aroused while hearing women’s confessions that they sometimes masturbated and even copulated with their repentant subjects in the confessional. ”

Gay Talese
  • From : Thy Neighbor's Wife
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