### Question
What does obscene mean?


### Answer
**Obscene** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 952*:

> with respect to a project, production, workshop, or program that—


(1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that such project, production, workshop, or program, when taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 952*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 26-SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS; MUSEUM SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER I-NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES**

