Day: October 23, 2014

At the 2014 Summit for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation (CESE), Dr. Gail Dines gave this keynote address. She discussed how pop culture industries, from Internet pornography to MTV, bombard society with sexualized images of ideal women and men, and convey powerful messages that help shape our sexuality while promoting inequality and a rape culture.

There is no way around it—overcoming a struggle with pornography is a strenuous and sometimes a never-ending battle. Due to the fact that some of you have never experienced the thought process of someone recovering from pornography, here is a taste of it…