The Female Dating Strategy Dr. Gail Dines Returns to Discuss Porn, Power, and the Collapse of Masculinity
May 14, 2025
Dr. Gail Dines, a noted feminist and founder of Culture Reframed, returns to tackle the perilous impact of pornography on modern masculinity and relationships. She discusses how hyper-sexualized media shapes aggressive behaviors in young men and the normalization of harmful narratives surrounding boys. Dines emphasizes the importance of nurturing empathy in boys and critiques the romanticized portrayal of prostitution in film, shedding light on the harsh realities women in the sex industry face.
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Porn Shapes Masculinity
- Pornography shapes young men's ideas of masculinity and how men should treat women.
- It functions as a story that wires adolescent brains toward misogynistic scripts.
Child Sexual Violence Mirrors Porn Scripts
- Rising child-on-child sexual violence mirrors pornified scripts being copied by boys.
- Perpetrators often imitate porn acts like strangulation, anal penetration, and filming.
Raising A Son With Feminism First
- Gail raised her son with feminism as his 'first language' to preserve empathy and agency.
- Her son later refused a strip club because he valued living in a body that wouldn't exploit women.
