Pornified : how pornography is transforming our lives, our relationships, and our families / Pamela Paul.

By:

Paul, Pamela [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Times Books, 2005Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 304 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0805077456
9780805077452

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.770973 22

LOC classification:

HQ472.U6 P38 2005

Contents:

Introduction : a pornified world -- 1. A guy thing : why men look at porn -- 2. How we got here : life in the porn lane -- 3. Me and my porn : how pornography affects men -- 4. Porn stars, lovers, and wives : how women see pornography -- 5. You and me and pornography : how porn affects relationships -- 6. Born into porn : kids in a pornified culture -- 7. Fantasy and reality : pornography compulsion -- 8. The truth about pornography -- Conclusion : the censure-not-censor solution.

Review: "Drawing on the results of more than a hundred interviews and an exclusive nationwide poll, Paul exposes how porn has infiltrated and unsettled our lives. We see the costs and consequences of pornography, as intimacy is replaced by fantasy, distrust, dissatisfaction, and emotional isolation."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.

"Drawing on the results of more than a hundred interviews and an exclusive nationwide poll, Paul exposes how porn has infiltrated and unsettled our lives. We see the costs and consequences of pornography, as intimacy is replaced by fantasy, distrust, dissatisfaction, and emotional isolation."--BOOK JACKET.

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