What is Jacoby referring to when she identifies society's, "general desire to shift responsibility from individuals to institutions?"

He is referring to people who reject a responsibility that is theirs.

Explanation:

Through the context of your question, we can see that you are referring to the article "Hers" written by Jacoby, where he reflects on censorship, feminism, obscenity and p0r.n0g*4p** within a society. For Jacoby, the censorship of works with content considered obscene and p0r.n0g*4p*c is an insult to the first constitutional amendment, since for him these works represent the freedom of expression that is allowed within the country. Within this context, he states that it is not the State's duty to carry out this type of censorship, but that each citizen must decide whether or not he wants to consume this type of content, when he is of the right age to make that decision.

Although in the article, he agrees that children should not have access to such works, he says that it is the duty of parents to prevent children from having access to works with obscene content and not the duty of the government. In this case, children cannot be used as an argument to defend p0r.n0g*4p** censorship, except by people who reject their responsibility because of the general desire to transfer that responsibility to institutions.