The mainstream porn industry can be viewed as a pervasive propaganda industry that spreads certain myths. Dr. Mary Anne Layden characterizes these as “Permission-Giving Beliefs”, such as “All men go to prostitutes”, “Women like sex mixed with violence” and “Children enjoy sex with adults”. Myths surrounding the latter are particularly visible in incest pornography, such as that sold […]
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The hallmark of much of today’s porn is its cruelty. In a content analysis of 50 of today’s top selling porn films, researchers found it rife with verbal and physical aggression: Ana Bridges: “…I’m going to begin to talk about what it is that we found after looking at these 304 scenes in these 50 top […]
Yesterday’s Boston Globe notes that violence and sexual harassment are becoming more common in middle schools in Massachusetts. Specialists lay the blame in part on images and attitudes in media. Here are excerpts: Spike in violence in middle schools raises concernsEducators, police, and national school violence specialists struggle to explain rising violence among younger students, […]
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Don Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet, gives a favorable review to Robert Jensen’s new book, Pornography and the End of Masculinity. For information on how to get a copy, email Stop Porn Culture. Here is an excerpt from the review (explicit language): I have always been part of the collective liberal progressive libertarian value system that […]
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Rick Porras is Executive Director of Operations and Business Affairs at Met-Cap Management. Met-Cap is one of the several affiliates and aliases under which porn studio Metro and adult chain Capital Video conduct business. Here is how Mr. Porras’s bio reads at LinkedIn, a business networking site. You will not find the words “porn” or “adult” anywhere in […]
Today’s Gazette publishes a letter from Jessica Grant of Northampton: Driving my children down Summer Street to Market Street as I do several times a week I was disturbed to see a brightly colored sign adorned with stars on the soon-to-be-open porn store on King Street…At what age would a child be able to type […]
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Melissa-Ashley is a porn star with a blog on MySpace. In a post this spring, she comments about her fans… What I’m about to say has been goin’ on for a while now, but lately it’s been really bad and I can’t just hold my tongue about it any longer.Why the fuck do guys insist […]
Anti-Pornography Activist Blog has brought together 100 anti-porn videos and more for your convenient reference.“Playlist categories include documentaries, porn star interviews, anti-pornography conference videos, porn addiction/obsession videos, CP80 Internet porn solution videos, anti-porn book author interviews, videos of criminals influenced by porn, debates and panel discussions about pornography, anti-pornography activist videos, Girls Gone Wild and […]
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Today’s Republican publishes “INFIDELITY brings everlasting pain” by Chris Bynum. The full text of the article, syndicated by Newhouse News Service, can be found online at The Times-Picayune. Contrary to the impression you might get from porn, cheating in a marriage is no joke. The pain can go on a lot longer than the pleasure. […]
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Needless to say, we disagree with the American Family Association on a number of issues, in particular their anti-gay agenda. Nevertheless, they have collected some valuable testimony from Movie Gallery employees about conditions there:Employee TestimonialThe following is an actual letter from a Movie Gallery employee to AFA Special Projects Director Randy Sharp. It, perhaps, is […]
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