Wednesday, November 4, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
AD 226
Administration Building

Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism and director of the Senior Fellows Honors Program of the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of five books that develop various critical approaches to media and power.

In this program, Robert Jensen will report on 20 years of research on the pornography industry and men’s use of pornography. Drawing on hundreds of formal interviews and informal discussions with men, Jensen will explore strategies for reaching men through this issue in ways that can open doors to a larger discussion of sex and violence. The central question to frame the discussion will be: In the past two decades, pornography has become increasingly normalized and mainstream in U.S. culture, while at the same time the content of the material has become more and more overtly cruel and degrading to women. How do we explain this apparent paradox?

Please encourage your students to attend this exciting presentation!

For more information, please contact Jen McWeeny.