Overview

What would porn look like without patriarchy? Around half of British men watch it regularly. With no payment or age verification required, and minimal content moderation, porn sites proudly showcase the most horrifying aspects of the human imagination for all to see – whether you're searching for it or not. The consequences evidently transcend our screens. Porn addiction runs rampant. ‘Revenge porn’ is ruining women’s lives – a threat only magnified by the development of deepfakes and AI. Boys are bored by actual physical intimacy. Girls are being choked. An entire generation’s sexual education is being delivered via Pornhub; fantasies moulded and manipulated by violent, degrading, misogynistic and racist ideals. This isn’t just porn, it’s patriarchal porn. And it’s everywhere. Today Big Porn promotes the most extreme content as if it were routine. By allowing this in the mainstream, we are sustaining the conditions under which sexual violence thrives in the real world. If we care about gender equality, we have to address this now. KC Clare McGlynn has already helped criminalise ‘rape porn’ as a searchable category. In Exposed, she explores how we can realistically resist this unending exploitation of desire despite Big Tech’s greed and lack of humanity.

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'In the current moment, as Grok and smart glasses enable mass abuse on a scale never seen before and schoolchildren virtually undress their female peers at the click of a button, this book couldn’t be more important... This is an urgent, bold and unflinching book. Everyone should read it, especially men.' —Laura Bates, author of Everyday Sexism

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Clare McGlynn is a Professor of Law at the University of Durham. A leading voice on women’s rights, sexual violence and the regulation of pornography and online abuse in the UK, she has appeared on BBC Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 Today and ITV news and her work has been featured in The Sunday Times and New York Times. In 2020 she was appointed an honorary KC in recognition of her work championing equality for women in the legal profession.

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