![]() ![]() The film offers an ideal introduction to the core arguments of the feminist anti-pornography movement. Gail Dines argues that the dominant images and stories disseminated by the multibillion-dollar porn industry produces and reproduces a gender system that undermines equality and encourages violence against women. From Internet porn to MTV, pop culture industries bombard us with sexualized images of idealized women and men that jump off the screen and into our lives, shaping our gender identities, our body image, and our intimate relationships. Gail Dines, who is featured in the film Pornland: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked our Sexuality ( Media Education Foundation). Pornography has moved from the margins of society into the very mainstream of American culture, according to Dr. ![]() Pornland: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked Our Sexuality ![]()
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