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Jacoby's strengths include her focus on the First Amendment and the constitutionality of free speech even in the porn industry. Jacoby continues by listing off various measures in which people can avoid the harshness of pornography without protesting it. Jacoby's message is similarly as personal as Brownmiller's work, however, it is cemented and supported by the factual guideline of the Constitution and detailed
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