Pornified

"Strips p**n of its culture-war claptrap . . . Pornified may stand as a Kinsey Report for our time."—San Francisco Chronicle

P**n in America is everywhere—not just in cybersex and Playboy but in popular video games, advice columns, and reality television shows, and on the bestseller lists. Even more striking, as p**n has become affordable, accessible, and anonymous, it has become increasingly acceptable—and a big part of the personal lives of many men and women.

In this controversial and critically acclaimed book, Pamela Paul argues that as p**n becomes more pervasive, it is destroying our marriages and families as well as distorting our children's ideas of sex and sexuality. Based on more than one hundred interviews and a nationally representative poll, Pornified exposes how p**n has infiltrated our lives, from the wife agonizing over the late-night hours her husband spends on p**n Web sites to the parents stunned to learn their twelve-year-old son has seen a hardcore p**n film.
Pornified is an insightful, shocking, and important investigation into the costs and consequences of pornography for our families and our culture.