Authors: Gail Dines
Pornucopia,
52
Portman Clinic (London), 92–93
Private Media Group, 50, 53
pseudo-child porn (PCP): and
Barely Legal
magazine, 54, 56–57, 143; content of, 145–58; and defilement stories, 147–48; description of, xxx; and Free Speech Coalition, 56, 142–43; images and ideology of, legitimizing sexual desire for children, 158–62; and incest porn, 154–57, 159; law on, 142–43; and loss of virginity, 148–51; older men involved in, 153; and penetrative sexual activity between adult(s) and child(ren), 148–51; and sadism, 152–58; and sexual activity between children or solo masturbation by child, 145–48; and teen girl as babysitter, 153–54; and typology of child pornography, 145–52; and video game industry, 50.
See also
child porn
pubic hair: and
Penthouse
centerfolds, 13; and
Playboy
centerfolds, 8, 13; removal of, in pseudo-child porn (PCP), 146; on sex dolls, 76; as sexual turnoff, 91; shaving or waxing of, xii, 91, 99–101.
See also
female body
puke scenes, xviii, xix, 71, 74, 130.
See also
porn sex
Purcell, Natalie J., 160–61
PVExposed (Web site), 53
Quayle, Ethel, 151, 159
racism: and African American men as porn performers, 67, 122, 133, 135–40; and African American women as porn performers, xv–xvi, 42, 121, 123–24, 126–30; and Asian men as porn performers, 131–35; and Asian women as porn performers, 124–26, 131, 134; of blackface minstrel shows, 139; and dehumanization of people of color generally, 65; and Don Imus’s comments on Rutgers University women’s basketball team, 121; justification process for, 140; media images reinforcing, 87, 121–22; in porn, xxx, 88, 121–40; and Stepin Fetchit image, 86–87, 121.
See also
civil rights movement
Radisson hotels, 52
Randall, Holly, xxii
rape: and child porn, 161–62; feminists on, 96–98; and hookup sex, 116, 117; myths of, 97–98; porn as leading to, 85–86, 94–98; porn sex as, xxvii–xxviii, 68–75; and rape culture, 96–97; symptoms of victims of, 118.
See also
child sexual abuse
RealDoll, 75–78
“Real Touch,” 50
Regan, Judith, 37
Ross, Lawrence, 126–28
Russell, Diana, 160–61
Russell, Ray, 8
Ruszczynski, Stanley, 92–93
Rutgers University, 121
sadism.
See
violence
St. James, Izabella, 22
Salomon, Rick, 103
Sandler, Adam, 55–56
Sex and the City,
25, 100, 105–7
sex dolls, 75–78
sexism, 87–88, 98.
See also
feminism
sex offenders, 94–96, 117–18, 144, 159–62
sex portrayed by porn.
See
porn sex
sex tourism, 125–26
sex toys, 55–56
sexual assault.
See
child sexual abuse; rape
sexuality.
See
female sexuality; male sexuality
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), xxviii, 35
Sheraton hotels, 52
Shields, Brooke, 141–42
Showtime, 54
Sideways,
54
Sirius Radio, 52
Sir Rodney (Web site), 66, 132
Skin on Skin,
133–34
“slut” label, xxi–xxiv, 28–30, 33, 34, 64, 75, 97, 102–4, 115–16, 123–31, 146, 148, 152, 156
Smith, Anna Nicole, 104
Smith, Kevin, ix, 55
Smith, Will, 54
socialization.
See
gender socialization
Soderbergh, Steven, ix, 40–41
Solo Teen sites, 146–48
SPC.
See
Stop Porn Culture (SPC)
Spears, Britney, xii, 44, 103–4
Spencer, Jesse (aka Mr. Marcus), 122–23
Spink, Amanda, 49
Spin
magazine, 54
Staton, Daniel, 20
STDs.
See
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Stead, Jake, 122
Steele, Lexington, 54, 126
Stepin Fetchit image, 86–87, 121
Stern, Howard, ix, 25, 39, 41, 45–46, 52, 71, 123
Stop Porn Culture (SPC), 163–64
Stratten, Dorothy, 19
Streisand, Barbra, 56
Supreme Court, U.S., 142–43
Taylor, Laramie, 45
Taylor, Max, 151, 159
Teen Dirt Bags (Web site), 152
teen porn, xxi, 143, 146–58.
See also
pseudo-child porn (PCP)
television: children’s programming for, 61–62; and E! Entertainment, ix, 22, 35, 39, 42, 51, 123; and ideology of consumption, 10; and music videos, 44, 104, 142; 1950s view of marriage and family on, 3, 101; and Playboy TV, 21–22, 51; and porn, 21–22, 25, 35, 51, 54, 100, 105–7; and
Sex and the City,
25, 100, 105–7; violence on, 61–62
Thomas, Sean, 44
THQ Wireless, 22
Time Warner Cable, 51, 52
toy industry, 60–61
trafficking of women and girls, 125–26
University of Maryland, ix
UseMyDaughter.com, 155–56
vaginal sex: injury risks during, in gonzo sex, xxv–xxviii; in interracial porn, 137, 138; male domination during, xxv; multiple penetrations in, xviii, xxv–xxviii, 65–66; in pseudo-child porn (PCP), 157.
See also
porn sex
Vanity Fair,
141
video game industry, 49–50, 62
video-sharing Web sites, 49
violence: in children’s television programming, 61–62; desensitization to, 62, 63, 74–75, 93–94, 159–60; of gonzo porn, xi, xiii, xviii–xxiii, 43, 68–75, 88, 93–94, 130; and masculinity, 61–63; pseudo-child porn (PCP) and sadism, 152–58; on television, 61–62; and toys, 61; in video games, 61, 62
virtual sex, 50
Vivid Entertainment, 27, 41–44, 45, 123
vomiting, xviii, xix, 71, 74, 130
wall-to-wall porn, xxii
Walter-Bailey, Wendy, 115–16
Watkins, Mel, 139
WB network, 52
WebQuest, 27, 28
Web sites.
See
Internet;
and
specific Web sites
Weeds,
54
West, Cornel, 128
West Coast Gang Bangs (Web site), 66
Weyr, Thomas, 6, 11–12
Whisnant, Rebecca, 163–64
White Dicks in Black Chicks (Web site), 129–30
White Meat on Black Street,
137
Who Wants to Be a Porn Star?
(slide show), 163–64
Wicked Pictures, 36, 123
Willingham, Calder, 11
Winfrey, Oprah, 25
Witherspoon, Reese, 141
Womanizer,
44
women and girls: anti-woman view during 1950s, 3–5; body image of, 109–11; and
Cosmopolitan,
xii, 100, 107–9, 142; dehumanization of, in porn, 63–75; and eating disorders and other self-destructive behavior, 111, 115, 118; and fashion industry, 82, 99, 102–3, 141–42, 162; and food, 110–11; hypersexualization of, 100–113, 117–19, 128, 141–42, 162; and loss of virginity, 149–50; and plastic surgery, 82–83;
Playboy
’s anti-woman view, 4–5; rape of, 85–86, 94–98, 116, 117; removal of pubic hair by, xii, 91, 99–101; resistance to cultural norms by, 112, 113; socialization of, 101–2; Stepford Wife image of, 102; view of, in 1950s, 3–5, 101.
See also
female sexuality; porn performers
women of color.
See
African Americans; Arab women; Asian women; Latina women; racism
women’s magazines, xii, 100, 107–9, 141
Wonderland Club, 144
Wylie, Philip, 4–5
XBIZ,
27, 47, 51, 55–56, 123
Xbiz.com, 51, 128
XBIZ News,
41, 55–56
Yagielowicz, Stephen, 51
YouTube, 49
Zack and Miri Make a Porno,
ix, 54, 55
Zollo, Burt, 4, 5
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Dines, Gail.
Pornland : how porn has hijacked our sexuality / Gail Dines.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8070-4452-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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1. Pornography. 2. Pornography—Social aspects. 3. Sex. 4. Sex—Social aspects. I. Title.
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