Sexuality Archives - Liz Walker Presents

Jun 11

Does Porn Ruin Relationships?

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

People's experiences and research indicate that yes, in many cases, porn does ruin relationships. According to a survey by Relationships Australia, one in five couples experience relationship issues triggered by internet porn. Porn is leading to a breakdown of trust and an erosion of intimacy and increasingly being cited as a...

Feb 12

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Please governments, stop treating porn like a political football

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

As an increasing number of governments around the world wake up to what's happening in our communities due to the impacts of porn on children and young people, the US state of Arizona (and many other US States) are treating it as a political football. Recently announced, Arizona is the latest...

Jan 22

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“Ethical porn” – a smokescreen for an exploitive industry

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

A common dilemma, I’ve been asked this question: “I find it hard to challenge porn when we now see so much self-created porn (where there is obviously consent, no coercion, etc). Also with "ethical" porn sites such as ManyVids gaining popularity and porn-makers using the #sexpositivity and anti slut-shaming movements to promote...

Nov 05

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Skewed data – we shouldn’t be surprised

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

While the rest of the world is in uproar about inequalities and violence against women, the porn industry want us to believe that women are watching "extreme" categories like "rough sex" and "hardcore" more than men. Let's test this then shall we? What we know. We know that it’s common for those who...

Oct 13

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Drifting in a river of toxic messages

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

It's unfathomable to think that widespread action hasn't yet been taken to reduce kids access to pornography. I'm always the first to say that porn doesn't impact all kids the same way, but the reality is that they are drifting in a river of toxic messages about sexuality; most don't...

Apr 02

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Building upon the powerful collective roar

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality, Top parent concerns, Top teen concerns

We have entered an era where women globally, are speaking up against injustice. A powerful collective roar has seen the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement shake systems of power and expose previously unspoken pains for all women who have been raped, violated or sexually harassed. For some, this has been therapeutic;…

Aug 14

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Online porn, the pied piper of the internet

By Liz Walker Impacts of porn, Sexuality

Online pornography impacts the brain in ways that printed literature never can. A recent argument I heard ‘for porn’, came from John, who was trying to suggest that women’s use of erotic novels was comparable to the high numbers of men watching pornography online. This comment was in response to...

May 23

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Australian Summit Against Sexual Exploitation

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Sexuality

The problem of sexual exploitation is enormous. But at the same time, new opportunities to take back ground are emerging as societies around the globe recognise that what is needed to beat this insidious form of exploitation is a proactive, co-ordinated, multi-agency approach. Now, more than ever, the growing movement to...

Mar 27

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Understanding Radical Feminism for Men (and Women!)

By Liz Walker Sexuality

“Although the most compelling critiques of pornography over the past four decades have been articulated by radical feminists, many young people—including women—assume that challenges to the pornographic culture come only from conservative and/or religious perspectives. As a result, secular and liberal folks often assume that they must endorse porn to...

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