S1 | E1 - Pleasure, Pain & Pornography - Dr Samantha Keene

Episode 1 April 27, 2022 00:36:53
S1 | E1 - Pleasure, Pain & Pornography - Dr Samantha Keene
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S1 | E1 - Pleasure, Pain & Pornography - Dr Samantha Keene

Apr 27 2022 | 00:36:53

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Show Notes

“Examining the influence of pornography on New Zealand’s emerging adults” | 

 Is pornography poisoning our sexual phsyches? Dr. Samantha Keene joins us to Unpack the harms, the merits, and the tricky questions around the influence of porn on how we think about sex & consent in the 21st century. 

Trigger warning: Contents of this episode include mentions of rape, sexual violence, and rough sex

If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/handle/10063/8354

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