If you watch a lot of porn, you might begin to think that “Use ’em, Abuse ’em and Lose ’em” is what a man should do. You might think treating your partner roughly was normal. You might think that satisfying long-term relationships are impossible to sustain and not worth it. And you’d be wrong. A […]
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CNN Interviews Gail Dines: “Has porn hijacked sexuality?”
CNN today interviews Professor Gail Dines, author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. Professor Dines is a founder of Stop Porn Culture! See also: Dr. Gail Dines: “Pornography Debases Men, Women & Culture” – Video (6/25/10) Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit) Gail Dines: “Penn, Porn and Me” (7/1/08) Now Showing at Amazing.net: The War […]
The Case for Marriage, Gay and Straight
Reprinted by kind permission of JendiReiter.com: Ted Olson Makes the Conservative Case for Gay Marriage Prominent trial lawyers David Boies and Theodore Olson are arguing the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 in California federal court this week, in the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Day-by-day trial coverage is available on the Firedoglake blog and the Courage […]
YouTube Video: “Quotes on Porn & Sex for Sale”
We recommend this 5-minute presentation from JoinPornBusters:See also anti-pornography videos and more as compiled by AntiPornographyBlog.
“She Reads Virgina Woolf”, a Poem by Ellaraine Lockie
We are pleased to present Ellaraine Lockie’s “She Reads Virginia Woolf”, the winning entry in the 2008 Skysaje Enterprises Poetry Contest. It is reprinted with permission. She Reads Virgina Woolf by Ellaraine Lockie As she slept he’d finger-walk all the way up her underarm Soft, like snow falling over the shoulder, ear, lips Sleep melted […]
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Speaks Out Against Prop 8
We are pleased to reproduce the following article with permission from Reiter’s Block. California’s Proposition 8, recently passed in a close vote, eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry. Marriage is an important path to happiness for many. It should be available to all regardless of sexual orientation. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Speaks Out Against […]
British Medical Journal: Happiness and Social Factors
BMJ (British Medical Journal) published a study yesterday that traces social influences on personal happiness. The results: “People who are surrounded by many happy people and those who are central in the network are more likely to become happy in the future.” To the extent that a person’s consumption of porn isolates them and degrades […]
Attention Christie Brinkley: Avoid Relationship Advice from the Valley Advocate
Earlier this month, Christie Brinkley’s divorce from husband Peter Cook was widely discussed in the media. Mr. Cook’s porn use became a matter of debate. One columnist for New York Magazine claimed it was immaterial, common practice, and not a big deal. We agree it’s common practice, but it is material and it is a […]
Making Today’s Marriage Work: Smart Women and Egalitarian Relationships
For all its protestations about being liberatory, most of today’s bestselling porn is atavistic and repressive. Women, goes the theme, should accept and enjoy abuse from men. In a recent study of 50 of the most popular hardcore films, “…I’m going to begin to talk about what it is that we found after looking at […]
Through the Flame: “Life with a Porn Addict”
We are pleased to republish this post from a forum at ThroughtheFlame.org. While this is a fictional account, it conveys the impact of porn addiction on spouses all too well… Life with a PA – the Dark Side of the Moon A short(ish) fictional journey with the spouse of a PA By FairyG We’ve just […]