Sex (play) Sex (play) Sex is a 1926 play written by and starring Mae West, who used the pen name "Jane Mast". The play opens at Rocky's residence on Caidoux Street in Montreal's red light district. Rocky receives an unwanted visit from Dawson, a police officer he has been paying off to keep quiet about a murder. Rocky offers Margy, a prostitute who works for him, as payment to Dawson, but she refuses. Dawson leaves without trouble, but swears to return for his money. Margy longs to leave Rocky for a better life, but she currently has no realistic alternative. Rocky leaves
Obscene Publications Act 1857 of a suspect work to be judged independently of context. If any portion of a work was deemed obscene, the entire work could be outlawed. This interpretation was clearly a major change from Campbell's opinion only ten years before – the test now being the effect on someone open to corruption who obtained a copy, not whether the material was "intended" to corrupt or offend. Cockburn's declaration remained in force for several decades, and most of the high-profile seizures under the Act relied on this interpretation. The Obscene Publications Act 1959 significantly reformed the law related to obscenity, coming into