Is Pornography Really Harmful?
Share and save this post:
AlterNet Social Networks:
Belief:
Hot, Steamy Mormons: Are the Latter Day Saints Getting Sexy?
Liz Langley
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
Transforming the Rust-Belt into a Green Belt
DrugReporter:
L.A. City Council Votes to Reduce Pot Dispensaries by 90%
Phillip S. Smith
Environment:
11 Ways to Make Your Holiday Economically and Environmentally Friendly
Sarah Sloane
Food:
The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods
Brad Reed
Health and Wellness:
Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression
Bruce E. Levine
Immigration:
High Unemployment Rates Frame the Immigration Debate
Marcelo Balive
Media and Technology:
10 Biggest Sports Sex Scandals of All Time: How Does Tiger Woods Rate?
David Rosen
Movie Mix:
Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks
Alexander Zaitchik
Politics:
Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails
Robert Scheer
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Is Taxing Plastic Surgery Really an Infringement on Women's Rights?
Alexandra Suich
Rights and Liberties:
Bill Moyers: We Have a Nobel Peace President Who Won't Ban Land Mines
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Sex and Relationships:
Why Fake Optimism Is the Worst Way to Deal with Life's Problems
Liz Langley
Take Action:
G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets
Laura Flanders
Water:
Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York's Water from Gas Drilling
Byard Duncan
World:
Explosions and Fraught Negotiations Show Iraq Struggling to Emerge From U.S. Shadow
Abeer Mohammed, Neil Arun
See more stories tagged with: violence against women, pornography, gonzo porn, violent porn, sexual expression, sexual fantasy, robert jensen, getting off
Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies, and a forthcoming book, Male Sexuality: Why Women Don't Understand It -- And Men Don't Either. He has also written extensively on psychology and politics for Tikkun Magazine and AlterNet. Dr. Vivian Dent is a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco.
Liked this story? Get top stories in your inbox each week from AlterNet! Sign up now »
You've chosen to turn comments off for the entire site. Would you like to turn them back on?
Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.
Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.
EMAIL
PRINT
389 COMMENTS
