From The Archive: What Porn Taught Us

There’s a connection between pornography and the sexual abuse brought to light by the #MeToo movement. Most porn depicts women as willing for anything. It portrays women as “wanting it” – to put it in a crass locker room phrasing. Women in porn are typically shown as resistant, but willing to have their virtue compromised by a man who is persistent. This causes men to believe that women need to be urged or coaxed into becoming just as willing as the men are. Men, porn is abuse training. We have a responsibility to protect, love, and nurture women. Let’s step up.
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This episode was originally published on June 19, 2018.