Why It Matters....
Anywhere, Anytime:
12-17 year-olds are the largest consumers of internet porn. An estimated 70-80% of teenage boys watch porn.
Learn more from our friends at Culture Reframed.
Hypersexualization:
Porn teaches girls, at a very young age, that their value lies in how beautiful, thin, hot and sexy they are. Boys get a very narrow view of masculinity that promotes insensitivity and macho behaviour.
Learn more from Diane E. Levin.
Sex Ed:
Whether they want to or not, the majority of teens are getting some of their sex ed from porn.
Click here to learn more.
12-17 year-olds are the largest consumers of internet porn. An estimated 70-80% of teenage boys watch porn.
Learn more from our friends at Culture Reframed.
Hypersexualization:
Porn teaches girls, at a very young age, that their value lies in how beautiful, thin, hot and sexy they are. Boys get a very narrow view of masculinity that promotes insensitivity and macho behaviour.
Learn more from Diane E. Levin.
Sex Ed:
Whether they want to or not, the majority of teens are getting some of their sex ed from porn.
Click here to learn more.
Dr. Gail Dines
Professor, Author, and Activist, and founder of Stop Porn Culture.
Born and raised in England, Dr. Gail Dines received her Ph.D. from the University of Salford, UK. She began her activism volunteering at a rape crisis in Tel Aviv and started the Haifa-based feminist movement – Woman to Woman – in her living room at the age of 22. Since arriving in the United States in 1986, Gail has taught at Wheelock College where she is now professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies and chair of the American Studies Department. For over twenty years Gail has been researching and writing about the porn industry and pop culture and has published many articles on such varied topics as the image of women in Hollywood, racism in porn, the hypersexualization of our culture, and the ways images shape our sexuality and our relationships.
Gail has spoken at hundreds of colleges across the country and at conferences around the world. Her lectures attract large numbers of students and the Q + A sessions often continue for hours with highly engaged and energized students. She is a gifted speaker who immediately connects with her audience. Her lectures change the way people think about pop culture and porn, and students regularly say that they will never look at the world the same way again.
Gail’s edited book, Gender, Race and Class in Media, is a bestseller in colleges and is popular also in Canada, England and Australia. The book won the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights, and is now in its third edition. Her new book,PORNLAND: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality, examines how men and women’s lives, sexuality and relationships are shaped by the porn culture.
In 2007 Gail helped form the activist group, Stop Porn Culture (SPC). One of the goals of this organization is to develop educational materials that raise awareness about the effects of living in a porn culture. SPC comprises academics, activists, anti-violence experts, students, parents and people concerned about porn’s impact on the culture. SPC has developed two slideshows: one on the effects of porn on women, men and the culture, and the second on the impact of porn on children and youth. The slideshows are being given across the country, as well as in Russia, The Congo, England, Scotland, Ireland and Australia. For a free copy, email info@stoppornculture.org.
Gail has appeared on numerous television shows, including those on CNN, MSNBC, Showtime, and Fox. She is a regular guest on radio shows and her work is frequently quoted in newspapers and magazines across the country. As a public intellectual, Gail has been successful in opening up a national discussion on the effects of the porn culture. A committed scholar and activist, Gail makes sure that her work is accessible and engaging to people in and outside of the academy.
Links
http://www.wheelock.edu/academics/faculty-and-administration/dines-gail
https://www.facebook.com/page.gaildines
http://gaildines.com
Professor, Author, and Activist, and founder of Stop Porn Culture.
Born and raised in England, Dr. Gail Dines received her Ph.D. from the University of Salford, UK. She began her activism volunteering at a rape crisis in Tel Aviv and started the Haifa-based feminist movement – Woman to Woman – in her living room at the age of 22. Since arriving in the United States in 1986, Gail has taught at Wheelock College where she is now professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies and chair of the American Studies Department. For over twenty years Gail has been researching and writing about the porn industry and pop culture and has published many articles on such varied topics as the image of women in Hollywood, racism in porn, the hypersexualization of our culture, and the ways images shape our sexuality and our relationships.
Gail has spoken at hundreds of colleges across the country and at conferences around the world. Her lectures attract large numbers of students and the Q + A sessions often continue for hours with highly engaged and energized students. She is a gifted speaker who immediately connects with her audience. Her lectures change the way people think about pop culture and porn, and students regularly say that they will never look at the world the same way again.
Gail’s edited book, Gender, Race and Class in Media, is a bestseller in colleges and is popular also in Canada, England and Australia. The book won the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights, and is now in its third edition. Her new book,PORNLAND: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality, examines how men and women’s lives, sexuality and relationships are shaped by the porn culture.
In 2007 Gail helped form the activist group, Stop Porn Culture (SPC). One of the goals of this organization is to develop educational materials that raise awareness about the effects of living in a porn culture. SPC comprises academics, activists, anti-violence experts, students, parents and people concerned about porn’s impact on the culture. SPC has developed two slideshows: one on the effects of porn on women, men and the culture, and the second on the impact of porn on children and youth. The slideshows are being given across the country, as well as in Russia, The Congo, England, Scotland, Ireland and Australia. For a free copy, email info@stoppornculture.org.
Gail has appeared on numerous television shows, including those on CNN, MSNBC, Showtime, and Fox. She is a regular guest on radio shows and her work is frequently quoted in newspapers and magazines across the country. As a public intellectual, Gail has been successful in opening up a national discussion on the effects of the porn culture. A committed scholar and activist, Gail makes sure that her work is accessible and engaging to people in and outside of the academy.
Links
http://www.wheelock.edu/academics/faculty-and-administration/dines-gail
https://www.facebook.com/page.gaildines
http://gaildines.com
Visit Stop Porn Culture for more information.
Cordelia Anderson
Writer and Consultant, Sensibilities Prevention Services
Since 1976 Cordelia Anderson has worked to prevent harm & promote healthy development. She’s counseled sex offenders, survivors, prostituted women and families of missing and murdered children. Beginning at the Program in Human Sexuality, then moving in 1977 to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office where she worked as a child advocate she and developed one of the first Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs later bringing the program to Illusion Theater. In 1992, she founded Sensibilities Prevention Consultation, based in Minneapolis, where she works with a wide variety of organizations including MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault, National Childrens Advocacy Center and Sexual Health and Responsibility Program (SHARP) at Kenwood Therapy Center.
Cordelia’s conducted over 3,000 presentations nationally and internationally on topics including: prevention of child sexual abuse/exploitation, impact of pornography, normalization of sexual harm, promotion of sexual health, bullying/cyber-bullying, impact of pornography, restorative justice, compassion fatigue and bringing activism into our work. She’s been the lead expert consultant on two statewide mass media efforts: Project Abuse which won an Emmy in 1984 and You’re the One Who Can Make the Peace. She’s on the Board of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and is the founder and immediate past president of the National Coalition for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation. She is the recipient of various awards including 2006 Outstanding Professional Award from American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). Cordelia consults with programs locally and nationally and appeared on a variety of news and talk shows including Oprah.
Links & Resources
http://www.cordeliaanderson.com
Writer and Consultant, Sensibilities Prevention Services
Since 1976 Cordelia Anderson has worked to prevent harm & promote healthy development. She’s counseled sex offenders, survivors, prostituted women and families of missing and murdered children. Beginning at the Program in Human Sexuality, then moving in 1977 to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office where she worked as a child advocate she and developed one of the first Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs later bringing the program to Illusion Theater. In 1992, she founded Sensibilities Prevention Consultation, based in Minneapolis, where she works with a wide variety of organizations including MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault, National Childrens Advocacy Center and Sexual Health and Responsibility Program (SHARP) at Kenwood Therapy Center.
Cordelia’s conducted over 3,000 presentations nationally and internationally on topics including: prevention of child sexual abuse/exploitation, impact of pornography, normalization of sexual harm, promotion of sexual health, bullying/cyber-bullying, impact of pornography, restorative justice, compassion fatigue and bringing activism into our work. She’s been the lead expert consultant on two statewide mass media efforts: Project Abuse which won an Emmy in 1984 and You’re the One Who Can Make the Peace. She’s on the Board of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and is the founder and immediate past president of the National Coalition for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation. She is the recipient of various awards including 2006 Outstanding Professional Award from American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). Cordelia consults with programs locally and nationally and appeared on a variety of news and talk shows including Oprah.
Links & Resources
http://www.cordeliaanderson.com
Leah Parsons
Activist and Presenter, Rae of Light
Leah is an award winning change maker, compassionate global steward and powerful keynote presenter who speaks from the heart. Her love for her daughter and determination to make things right gave her the courage and tenacity to go public with Rehtaeh’s story, advocate for her daughter and ensure that changes were made.
She has appeared in news articles all over the world, been featured in countless media segments, appeared on the Dr Phil show and has had personal meetings with heads of state. Recently Leah, along with Rehtaeh’s father Glen Canning and Carol Todd (mother of cyberbullying / suicide victim Amanda Todd) were presented with the Rosalind Prober Award for Advocacy at the Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards in Winnipeg.
Links
http://raeoflight.com
https://www.facebook.com/angelrehtaehofficial
Activist and Presenter, Rae of Light
Leah is an award winning change maker, compassionate global steward and powerful keynote presenter who speaks from the heart. Her love for her daughter and determination to make things right gave her the courage and tenacity to go public with Rehtaeh’s story, advocate for her daughter and ensure that changes were made.
She has appeared in news articles all over the world, been featured in countless media segments, appeared on the Dr Phil show and has had personal meetings with heads of state. Recently Leah, along with Rehtaeh’s father Glen Canning and Carol Todd (mother of cyberbullying / suicide victim Amanda Todd) were presented with the Rosalind Prober Award for Advocacy at the Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards in Winnipeg.
Links
http://raeoflight.com
https://www.facebook.com/angelrehtaehofficial
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