Author

Publication

2010 - Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

51,000 words, Guess

Page Count

204 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780807044520
  • ISBN-100807044520
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009046250
  • OCLC Control Number441153153
  • Better World Books9780807044520
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Classifications

  • DDC363.4/70973
  • LCCHQ471 .D549 2010
  • LCCHQ471.D549 2010

Description

This book takes an unflinching and intimate look at porn -- its hard-core and racist content, its unchecked profits, and how it distorts our identities. Astonishingly, the average age of first viewing porn is now 11.5 years for boys, and with the advent of the Internet, it's no surprise that young people are consuming more porn than ever. And, as Gail Dines shows, today's porn is strikingly different from yesterday's Playboy. As porn culture has become absorbed into pop culture, a new wave of entrepreneurs are creating porn that is even more hard-core, violent, sexist, and racist. Proving that porn desensitizes and actually limits our sexual freedom, Dines argues its omnipresence is a public health concern we can no longer ignore. - Publisher.

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