Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pornography Debases Men, Women & Culture. Dr. Gail Dines at PornHarms.com Briefing (GailDines.com)

PornHarms.com briefing. Dr. Gail Dines http & StopPornCulture.org , "Pornland" author 3.ly . Dr. Dines is Professor of sociology & women's studies at Wheelock College, Boston, an internationally acclaimed speaker & author & a feminist activist. Her work focuses on the hypersexualization of the culture & the ways porn images filter down into mainstream pop culture. During Dines' remarks several members of the audience were noticeably affected by the repulsive, violent, degrading acts she described to demonstrate that today's pornography is not traditional Playboy-style images. Dines, author of the new book "Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality," described how pornography is the major form of sex education for boys, & as it seeps into mainstream media, for girls as well. Buy "Pornland" at Amazon 3.ly "Bled dry of intimacy, connection & emotion, porn sex is reduced to a technical, plasticized, formulaic generic act that men do to women as a way to demonstrate the power they have over them." BRIEFING EXCERPT: (Warning! Graphic!) Howard Stern regularly features pornography on his show, & for this he was the second highest paid celebrity in the world in 2007; Hugh Hefner's life with his blonde, young & embarrassingly naïve "girlfriends" is the topic of the hugely successful show, The Girls Next Door on E! Entertainment; retired mega-porn star Jenna Jameson has written a best-selling book; Miley Cyrus, the former Disney star who is a role model to young girls everywhere ...