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James Franco has done it all. The actor-turned-director has co-hosted the Academy Awards, received rave reviews for his portrayal of James Dean and earned a Golden Globe by the age of 23. Naturally, of course, it’s time for him to move on to porn. Franco revealed this week that he will be working on a […]
NBC’s “The Playboy Club” has quickly become the most controversial local news lead-in to come out in recent memory. The show, which is set to air Mondays at 10/9c, has already been dropped from one NBC-affiliate’s schedule and now its the target of criticism from legendary women’s rights advocateGloria Steinem as well as the anti-obsenity group Morality […]
NBC's 'Playboy' Pitch Failing With Feminists, Not Just Traditionalists (Opinion)
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NBC’s going to have a tough time with critics from both directions on its new show “The Playboy Club.” Radical feminist Gloria Steinem casually dismissed the series in a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association confab in Los Angeles. Steinem, who once went undercover as a Playboy bunny, strongly suggested the show was exploiting […]
While many offices have dress codes, one Utah County woman claims her former employer crossed the line by trying to force her to follow a sexist schedule of attire including “Mini-skirt Monday.” In a civil complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court, Trudy Nycole Anderson, 44, says her ex-supervisor Derek Wright sexually harassed her […]
Pornography’s Social Cost (Research)
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Title: Pornography's Social Cost
Publication: Culture of Life Foundation
Author: Willam E. May
Date: 08/04/2011
In 2010, the Witherspoon Institute published a book of over 260 pages entitled The Social Costs of Pornography: A Reader, with a Foreword by Jean Bethke Elshstain and an Introduction by James R. Stoner and Donna M. Hughes. This article will present some of the extensive evidence provided by the Reader of current scientific studies […]
Originally posted on Freedom Youth Project here on July 21, 2011. Pornography has become so mainstream and common in American society today, many people do not think twice about seeing it or using it. It is laced into our movies, advertising and throughout the internet, making it nearly inescapable for people to see. Though some […]
Porn Leads to Violence Against Women (News)
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Title: Porn leads to violence against women
Publication: Deseret News
Author: Michael De Groote
Date: 08/01/2011
The hits pornography generates on the Internet may not be limited to website statistics. Morality in Media is trying to bring attention to studies that show pornography increases violence against women. “Today’s porn producers are featuring violence due to its popularity among consumers,” said Dawn Hawkins, Morality in Media’s executive director, in a press release. “Spousal violence […]
This research study compared 101 men who buy sex with 100 men who did not buy sex, matched by age, ethnicity, and education level. Most had a wife or girlfriend at the time of the study. Sex buyers had many more sex partners in their lifetime (prostituted as well as non-prostituted) than non-sex buyers. Sex […]
The men who buy sex are your neighbors and colleagues. A new study reveals how the burgeoning demand for porn and prostitutes is warping personal relationships and endangering women and girls. Men of all ages, races, religions, and backgrounds do it. Rich men do it, and poor men do it, in forms so varied and […]
Morality in Media on Monday kicked off the second week of the organization’s campaign, called Be Aware: Porn Harms, to educate people on the dangers of pornography. This week’s topic: the impact of pornography on children. By: Jeff Schapiro Christian Post Australia Find article here. “Many children are getting addicted to pornography because U.S. pornographers […]