Pornography Is Worse than Feminism
by Samuel D. JamesIf the Playboy legacy frustrates feminists, fine. But we cannot celebrate it, because porn is even worse than feminism. Continue Reading »
If the Playboy legacy frustrates feminists, fine. But we cannot celebrate it, because porn is even worse than feminism. Continue Reading »
Abiding by moral rules, especially when they are explained meaningfully and mercifully, gives teenagers swimming in a sea of relativism and nihilism a “moral vocabulary.” Sympathy isn’t enough. People need norms. Continue Reading »
A millennial recently bragged to my friend that he no longer has much reason to leave the comfort of his basement office. There, he enjoys a tri-screen computer setup and can simultaneously manage his business, view porn, and compete in online gaming tournaments from a single cushioned reclining chair. Continue Reading »
Young men with less than a four-year degree are spending their days unemployed and unmarried, but not un-amused. Continue Reading »
If there’s any good reason to distrust the self-awareness of contemporary progressives, it's the cultural epidemic of pornography. Of all the Sexual Revolution’s fruits, porn is arguably the one that has rotted fastest. It has defied the categorical wisdom of libertines by growing in users and . . . . Continue Reading »
Something is afoot. “Porn and the Threat to Virility” recently hit the stands not in the form of a religious tractate, but on the cover of Time. Just days prior to that, in Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis decried the “flood of pornography” and its pernicious spread which deform sexuality. If . . . . Continue Reading »
That we live in an age where the discipline of history is in disarray in the public square is beyond dispute. But some of the reasons why are perhaps less obvious than we might think. Continue Reading »
It's time to give up the idea of selling sex “ethically.” Continue Reading »
Scientific research has disturbing implications for building ethics on the principle of consent.
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Seven years into his addiction to online porn, John wrote to tell me of his struggles. His addiction began when he misspelled a word in an online search and was taken to a hardcore porn site. Continue Reading »
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