CENSORSHIP         The freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life. But today, that freedom is under attack. Private groups and public authorities everywhere are working to remove both books and periodicals from sale, to exclude certain books from public schools, to censor and silence magazines and newspapers, and to limit controversial books and periodicals to the general public. The suppression of reading materials is suppression of creative thought. Books and periodicals are …showed first 75 words of 551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 551 total…the violence against women, so as a result must be reduced and kept out of reach of the immature readers. We have a social system that mainly frowns upon the violence against women. There should be access to most types of literature, but in varying degrees of freedom, determined not by censorship, but by controlled access. Parents are trying to protect their children from the harsh realities of life, but are they helping, or hindering?