''Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families'' (alternately titled ''Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families'') is a 2005 book by American writer
Pamela Paul, discussing the impact of ready access to
pornography
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults, on Americans.
The book was selected as one of the best books of 2005 by ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' and was a ''New York Times Book Review'' Editor's Choice. Social conservatives such as
Albert Mohler
Richard Albert Mohler Jr. (born October 19, 1959) is an American evangelical theologian, the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and host of the podcast ''The Briefing'', where he daily analyzes ...
, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at ...
, endorsed the book enthusiastically, though he predicted it might "find a chilly reception in a society increasingly given over to the
titillation, perversion, and profits offered by pornography".
The ''Washington Post Book World'' characterized the book as "A persuasive argument that today's pornography is not the
Playboy centerfold or the Deep Throat of yesteryear...Paul's remedy charts a sensible middle ground between restraints and free speech." Sex columnist
Amy Sohn, on the other hand, cared less for the book and argued in the ''
New York Times Book Review
''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...
'' that "Paul never gives credence to the many women who enjoy consuming porn, alone or with partners".
See also
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Feminist sex wars
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Sexual objectification
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Sexualization
References
External links
Official book page
2005 non-fiction books
American non-fiction books
English-language books
Henry Holt and Company books
Non-fiction books about pornography
Sexualization
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