Welcome to betrayal trauma recovery. This is Anne. I'm so excited to have one of my absolute

heroes on today's episode. Her name is Dr. Gail Dines. Dr. Gail Dines is a professor

emerita of sociology at Wielock College and has been researching and writing about the porn

industry for well over 25 years.

She is a recipient of the Meyer Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America

and the author of numerous books and articles.

Her latest book, Porn Land, How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, has been translated into

five languages.

Dr. Dines is the founding president and CEO of the nonprofit,

Culture Reframed, dedicated to building resilience and resistance in children and youth to the

harms of a hypersexualized and pornified society. Culture Reframed develops cutting-edge

educational programs that promote healthy development, relationships, and sexuality.

An internationally known speaker and consultant to governmental bodies, Dr. Dines has been described

as one of the leading anti-porn scholars and activists in the world.

Dr. Dines is a regular guest on television and radio shows, including ABC, MSNBC, CNN, BBC, CBC, and National Public Radio.

In addition to her TEDx talk, Dr. Dines' work is the focus of a film by the Media Education Foundation called Pornland, the documentary.

Her latest project is serving as chief consultants for this

Steven Soderberg documentary entitled Tsunami, The Impact of Porn. Welcome, Gail.

Pleasure to be here. I'm like starstruck right now. I'm so excited to have you on and grateful

for the work that you do. You can find

information about her nonprofit at culture reframed.org. So let's just jump right into this.

Gail, why is pornography a feminist issue?

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