Fem Flicks Series: PORNLAND: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked our Sexuality | Women's & Gender Studies

Fem Flicks Series: PORNLAND: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked our Sexuality

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 16:00
Event Location: 
Media Library, Chilton Hall

Pornland: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked our Sexuality

The average age of first viewing porn is now 11.5 years for boys, and with the advent of the Internet, it's no surprise that young people are consuming more porn than ever. And today's porn is strikingly different from yesterday's Playboy. As porn culture has become absorbed into pop culture, a new wave of entrepreneurs are creating porn that is even more hard-core, violent, sexist, and racist. Proving that porn desensitizes and actually limits our sexual freedom, "Pornland" argues its omnipresence is a public health concern we can no longer ignore. (2015, 35 min)

Watch the trailer here.

The screening will be followed by a discussion session conducted by Maia Cudhea.

Maia Cudhea is an Adjunct Instructor in the Women's & Gender Studies Program at UNT. She teaches the "Feminist Foundations" and "Feminist Theory" courses.

Fem Flicks is a film series spotlighting various gender issues. Fem Flicks is presented by the Multicultural Center, the Media Library, and the Women's & Gender Studies Program.