The Effects of Pornography and Why We Have to Do Something About it with Melinda Tankard Reist

The Amateur Activist is joined by author, media commentator,
blogger, and advocate for women and girls - Melinda Tankard
Reist. Melinda is best known for her work addressing
sexualisation, objectification, the harms of pornography, sexual
exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. She
recently authored her 7th book, He Chose P*rn Over Me. She is
also one of the founders of the grassroots campaigning movement
Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. Collective
Shout names and shames corporations, advertisers, and marketers
who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products &
services.


In this episode, Melinda and Isabela talk about the effects of
pornography on young people, the lie that the porn industry sells
to young women in particular about sexual liberation and
empowerment, and why we as amateur activists should care about
this issue at all. 


This episode does discuss sensitive material regarding the
effects of porn on relationships and the effect is has on
children as young as Year 4 who are effected by the porn they
watch and the pornified culture they are growing up in. 





You can connect with Melinda on Instagram, here, or head to her
website. 


You can connect with and follow Collective Shout on Instagram,
here, or on their website.


Melinda's new book, He Chose P*rn Over Me, is available
here. 





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