Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future

241 Pages·2012·0.918 MB·English

by  Ben Shapiro

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PORN GENERATION

PORN GENERATION
How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future
BEN SHAPIRO
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Contents
Chapter 1: A GENERATION LOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 2: FUN WITH BANANAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 3: CAMPUS CARNALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Chapter 4: POP TARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Chapter 5: WHERE PIMPS AND HOS RUN FREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Chapter 6: TEENYBOPPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Chapter 7: ABERCRAPPY & BITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Chapter 8: TV VS. VIRGINITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Chapter 9: PORN AND POPCORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Chapter 10: THE LOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Chapter 11: TAKING A STAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Chapter 12: ROUNDTABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

CHAPTER ONE
A GENERATION LOST
“Virtueishardertobegotthanknowledgeoftheworld;and,iflostina
youngman,isseldomrecovered.”
JOHN LOCKE
Iamamemberofalostgeneration.Wehavelostourvalues.Wehavelost
ourfaith.Andwehavelostourselves.
As societal standards and traditional values have declined, and the
crassest elements of sexual deviancy and pornography have taken over
thepublicsquare,itistheyoungestAmericanswhohavepaidtheprice.
Never in our country’s history has a generation been so empowered, so
wealthy,soprivileged—andyetsoempty.
This book is not written from the perspective of a parent, a sociolo-
gist,orateacher—butofapeer.Thisismygeneration:theporngenera-
tion.Andforgoodorill,weareAmerica’sfuture.
Overthelatterhalfofthetwentiethcentury,theforcesofmoralrela-
tivism, radical feminism, and generational nihilism have gradually de-
stroyedthefoundationofourowngreatness.Insteadofadoptingstronger
moralstandards,oursocietyhasembracedthelureofpersonalfulfillment.