Video Presentations

NOTE: The following videos may contain graphic language that conveys the reality of contemporary pornography and its impact on men, women, and children.

  • The Moral Bases for Legal Regulation of Pornography

    by Gerard V. Bradley
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    The Moral Bases for Legal Regulation of Pornography

    Even without a change in misguided first-amendment rulings, the law can be an important force for upholding standards of decency. A novel legal approach can yield powerful and appropriately sensitive legal tools for discouraging the production and consumption of pornography.

  • Pornography's Effect on Interpersonal Relationships

    by Ana Bridges
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    Pornograph's Effect on Interpersonal Relationships

    Too often research looks at the effect on pornography users but not at its effect on their spouses or children—some of pornography’s unseen victims. Social-science data shows that compulsive pornography use can damage marriages and lead to negative consequences including divorce.

  • Pornography: Settling the Question in Principle

    by Hadley Arckes
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    Pornography: Settling the Question in Principle

    The purpose and limits of sex are not just the product of social conventions. The meaning of sex goes much deeper—to a human nature that is unchanging. It is important to remember this nature and to be reminded that pornography is not simply objectionable because of its negative effects, it is wrong in itself.

  • Desire and the Tainted Soul:
    Islamic Insights into Lust, Chastity, and Love

    by Hamza Yusuf
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    Desire and the Tainted Soul: Islamic Insights into Lust, Chastity, and Love

    In articulating why pornography is wrong, we must remember the positive alternative. The practice of moderation and restraint makes possible the enjoyment of goods and beauties that lust puts out of reach.

  • Freedom, Virtue, and the Politics of Regulating Pornography

    by James Stoner
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    Freedom, Virtue, and the Politics of Regulating Pornography

    The urgency of addressing the rise of pornography doesn’t remove the need to move ahead with political consensus and sensitivity. History suggests an appropriate response can and will be found.

  • The Impact of Pornography on Women:
    Social Science Findings and Clinical Observations

    by Jill C. Manning
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    The Impact of Pornography on Women: Social Science Findings and Clinical Observations

    Women can no longer be categorically described as the objectified, the victimized, or the consumed in the pornographic culture. Increasingly, they are also the objectifiers, producers, and consumers. Despite this fact, pornography continues to have a special and negative impact on women.

  • Industry Size, Measurements and Social Costs

    by K. Doran
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    Industry Size, Measurements and Social Costs

    Much is still unknown about the economics of pornography consumption. The fact that so few people are currently willing to pay for pornography suggests that even small financial disincentives can effectively discourage pornography use.

  • Acquiring Tastes and Loves:
    What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love

    by Norman Doidge, M.D.
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    Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love

    The human brain is an adaptable organ, and exposure to pornography can rewired so that sexual desire can only be satisfied by pornography. At the same time, the very adaptability of the brain means that it is possible for those addicted to pornography to break the habit.

  • From Pornography to Porno to Porn: How Porn Became the Norm

    by Pamela Paul
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    From Pornography to Porno to Porn: How Porn Became the Norm

    Pornography is everywhere, and as it becomes more common in all forms of media, it is also becoming more sexist, violent, and graphic. These forms of pornography are also becoming more and more common among children and teens. Why we should worry about pornified America.

  • On the Abuse of Sex

    by Roger Scruton
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    On the Abuse of Sex

    The members of a culture that buys into false philosophies of sexual desire will instrumentalize others and themselves, and risk losing the ability to love. We need to recall that sexual desire directs us not to objects but to human persons.

  • Pornography and Violence: A New Look at Research

    by Mary Anne Layden
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    Pornography and Violence: A New Look at Research

    Pornography is a teacher and trigger of a host of negative behaviors and attitudes. These attitudes and behaviors have a broader social impact that affects even those who do not use pornography. It is an immensely damaging and equal-opportunity toxin.