"Revisiting Pornography: a Dialogue" flyer

GAIL DINES, PhD Author of Pornland: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality Preofessor of Sociology & Women's Studies at Wheelock College in Boston Internationally Acclaimed Speaker, Author, and Feminist Activist PORNLAND: HOW PORNOGRAPHY HAS HIJACKED OUR SEXUALITY Once marginalized, pornography has now become a central part of our cultural landscape, with its idealized, mass-produced images of women, men and sex seeping into our identities, body images, and relationships. In this powerful multi-media presentation, Dr. Gail Dines explores how gender is shaped by a consumer-driven culture, and the ways the public images we consume spill over into our most private worlds. MARCH 9TH - 3:30PM TOWSON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY UNION CHESAPEAKE I, II & III REVISITING PORNOGRAPHY: a dialogue CHESAPEAKE I & II TOWSON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY UNION MARCH 10TH - 5:30PM SHIRA TARRANT. PhD Author of Men and Feminism (Seal Press) Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies California State University, Long Beach POR 101: SEXYSMART CHOICES IN A XXX WORLD Pornography, Politics, pleasure, consent. refusing to argue that porn is either good or bag, Dr. Shira Tarrant instead trusts that adults make their own best decisions about their sexual choices. The question is how we can improve these choices in a XXX world. This will be a highly interactive event and the speaker will be fielding questions from the audience. Note: There will be images of nudity shown. COSPONSORED BY THE WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT AND THE CENTER FOR STUDENT DIVERSITY