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Friday, April 7, 2006 at 10:00 AM EDT
The Internet’s Impact on Sex and Society
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By host Tom Ashbrook:

When it comes to sex and the Internet, the news headlines aren’t the half of it these days. A Department of Homeland Security official was arrested this week for soliciting what he thought was a 14-year-old girl online. Then, there is the California teenage boy who made hundreds of thousands of dollars performing sexually on the web.

The real story is much larger — a world, a nation now awash in 24/7 hardcore sex, always there, always on. Shaping young minds. Messing with marriages. Moving sex from the bedroom to the pale glow of a computer screen.

Hear about sex and the internet — the unprecedented ocean of porn and possibilities now at our fingertips, and how it’s effecting lives and society.

Guests:

Pamela Paul, author Pornified

how pornography is transforming our lives, our relationships, and our families

Michael Sullivan, US Attorney

Mary Anne Layden, Director of the sexual trauma and psycho-pathology program at UPenn’s center for cognitive therapy

Perry Aftab, security, privacy, and cyberspace lawyer

 
 

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