How porn fuels sexual violence: A conversation with Dr. Mary Anne Layden

Dr. Mary Anne Layden, a psychotherapist and leading scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Jonathon Van Maren to discuss the connections between porn and sexual violence–and what we can do about it.

By Jonathon Van Maren November 3, 2016 Leave a comment

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