{"product_id":"pornland-how-porn-has-hijacked-our-sexuality-by-gail-dines","title":"Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality by Gail Dines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAstonishingly, 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePornland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e. . . will now be the starting point for serious discussions about how porn shapes and distorts social and sexual norms. Dines understands both the economics and cultural power of the pornography industry perhaps better than anyone ever has.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Jackson Katz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] thoughtful analysis of pornography's infiltration into the American economy, its detrimental effects on the sexual and emotional health of women and men, and its ability to perpetuate both sexism and racism.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Veronica Arellano, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Dines brilliantly exposes porn's economics, pervasiveness, and impact with scholarship as impeccable as her tone is reasonable. This book will change your life. Ignore it at your peril.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Robin Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"An eyes-wide-open look at the way the porn industry exploits and damages the gift of our sexuality to fuel itself.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Wendy Maltz, coauthor of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Bravo to Gail Dines! She exposes a huge problem of our time that few people are willing to confront. Dines follows the extensive money trail, uncovering the role of corporate duplicity and greed while showing how steadily pornography has infiltrated into everyday life from almost cradle to grave.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Diane Levin, coauthor of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Sexy, So Soon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Porn and the Industrialization of Sex xv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler: Paving the Way for Today's Porn Industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pop Goes the Porn Culture: Mainstreaming Porn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e From the Backstreet to Wall Street: The Big Business of Porn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Grooming for Gonzo: Becoming a Man in a Porn Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Leaky Images: How Porn Seeps into Men's Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Visible or Invisible: Growing Up Female in a Porn Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Racy Sex, Sexy Racism: Porn from the Dark Side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Children: The Final Taboo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fighting Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Dines\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis professor of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College. The author of two previous books and a regular commentator on TV and radio, Dines has been covered in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek, Time, USA Today,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Boston Globe,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe lives in Brookline, Massachusetts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eApril 26, 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780807001547\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.71\" H x 8.94\" L x 6.01\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44305285152954,"sku":"9780807001547","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/61Gf46S2lbL._SL1200.jpg?v=1729702858","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/pornland-how-porn-has-hijacked-our-sexuality-by-gail-dines","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}