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Pornland

How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

15 minGail Dines

What's it about

Ever wonder if mainstream porn is changing how you think about sex, relationships, and desire? This summary uncovers the surprising ways the porn industry's extreme narratives have become the new normal, shaping everything from your expectations in the bedroom to your real-world connections. Discover how corporate porn has manufactured a specific, often damaging, version of sexuality that affects everyone. You'll learn to identify its influence on your own life and gain the critical tools to reclaim a healthier, more authentic understanding of intimacy and your own desires.

Meet the author

Dr. Gail Dines is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies and the founding president of Culture Reframed, the world's leading organization dedicated to stopping hypersexualized media. A pioneering anti-pornography feminist and internationally acclaimed speaker, her decades of research grew from witnessing the harmful impact of the porn industry on her students. This firsthand experience drove her to expose how pornography shapes modern attitudes about sex, gender, and violence, culminating in the groundbreaking analysis found in Pornland.

Pornland book cover

What's it about

Ever wonder if mainstream porn is changing how you think about sex, relationships, and desire? This summary uncovers the surprising ways the porn industry's extreme narratives have become the new normal, shaping everything from your expectations in the bedroom to your real-world connections. Discover how corporate porn has manufactured a specific, often damaging, version of sexuality that affects everyone. You'll learn to identify its influence on your own life and gain the critical tools to reclaim a healthier, more authentic understanding of intimacy and your own desires.

Meet the author

Dr. Gail Dines is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies and the founding president of Culture Reframed, the world's leading organization dedicated to stopping hypersexualized media. A pioneering anti-pornography feminist and internationally acclaimed speaker, her decades of research grew from witnessing the harmful impact of the porn industry on her students. This firsthand experience drove her to expose how pornography shapes modern attitudes about sex, gender, and violence, culminating in the groundbreaking analysis found in Pornland.