Big Porn Inc

Published Australia, 2011
It is now widely acknowledged that the unprecedented mainstreaming of the global pornography industry is transforming the sexual politics of intimate and public life, popularising new forms of hardcore misogyny and strongly contributing to the sexualisation of children. Yet challenges to the pornography industry continue to be dismissed as uncool, anti-sex and moral panic. With contributions from leading world experts and activists, this book offers a cutting edge expose of the hidden realities of a multi-billion dollar global industry that promotes itself as a fashionable lifestyle. Unmasking the lies behind the selling of porn as 'just a bit of fun', Big Porn Inc reveals the shocking truths of an industry that trades in violence, crime and degradation.

Melinda Tankard Reist is a writer in Melbourne, Australia.
Paperback. 310 pages