Bernadette Barton – The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society Free Audiobook

Written by The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society
Read by Francine Waverly
Format: M4B

The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society
By: Bernadette Barton
Narrated by: Francine Waverly
Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 05-25-21
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio

Publisher’s summary

Pictures of half-naked girls and women can seem to litter almost every screen, billboard, and advertisement in America. Pole-dancing studios keep women fit. Men airdrop their dick pics to female passengers on planes and trains. To top it off, the former First Lady has modeled nude and the former “leader of the free world” has bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy.”

This pornification of our society is what Bernadette Barton calls “raunch culture”. Barton explores what raunch culture is, why it matters, and how it is ruining America. She exposes how internet porn drives trends in programming, advertising, and social media, and makes its way onto our phones, into our fashion choices, and into our sex lives. From twerking and breast implants, to fake nails and push-up bras, she explores just how much we encounter raunch culture on a daily basis – porn is the new normal.

Drawing on interviews, television shows, movies, and social media, Barton argues that raunch culture matters not because it is sexy, but because it is sexist. She shows how young women are encouraged to be sexy like porn stars, and to be grateful for getting cat-called or receiving unsolicited dick pics. As politicians vote to restrict women’s access to birth control and abortion, The Pornification of America exposes the double standard we attach to women’s sexuality.

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