June 15, 2010

Pornography Harms: A Capitol Hill Briefing
 

 

Pornography use is widespread with significant consequences to children, women and men.  Join Enough Is Enough^® President Donna Rice Hughes and other recognized experts as they outline: (1) The four leading harms of pornography; (2) How existing laws can and should be enforced against illegal material; and (3) What Congress can to to protect and prosecute.

 

The lineup includes:

• Dr. Mary Anne Layden of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania who will address the addiction to pornography;
• Forensic pediatrician Sharon Cooper, M.D. of the University of North Carolina who will address the harmful effects of adult pornography on children who view it;
• Internationally acclaimed speaker and author Gail Dines, Ph.D., Professor of sociology and women’s studies at Wheelock College in Boston who will discuss her studies on how pornography debases men, women and the culture. 
• Attorney Laura Lederer, perhaps the leading voice in America on human trafficking, who will discuss the link between pornography and sex trafficking. 
•  Former pornography star Shelley Lubben (www.shelleylubben.com and www.thepinkcross.org ) who will address how the pornography criminal enterprises treat women in the industry.
• Donna Rice Hughes, Enough Is Enough^® President and the leading voice on internet safety for children in America, who will address the urgent need to protect children now from the harm of Internet pornography. 
• Pat Trueman, former chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the US Department of Justice,  who will close out the event discussing the fact that NONE of the Federal laws against illegal adult pornography are currently enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice and what Congress can do to enforce these very laws.