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Colleen Zewe | Thursday, November 9, 2017
During Wednesday night’s installment of Saint Mary’s Theology on Fire lecture series, Katherine Elliot explored pornography’s impact on relationships. Elliot, who holds a Ph.D. in theology from Notre Dame, said pornography separates us from God’s gift of genuine sexual relationships. “Sex is a gift from God, but only when it happens in a context of mutual
Ciara Hopkinson | Monday, October 30, 2017
To conclude White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) — a weeklong effort to bring attention to the consequences widespread pornography use can have on relationships and human sexuality — Students for Child-Oriented Policy (SCOP) invited students to offer their support for a filter that would block porn websites on Notre Dame Wi-Fi. Members set up tables
Andrew Cameron | Friday, October 27, 2017
As White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) week wraps up, the Students for Child-Oriented Policy (SCOP) hosted an event exploring modern-day relationship culture. The lecture, delivered by Brett Robinson and Jessica Keating — director of communications and director of the Office of Human Dignity and Life Initiatives, respectively — focused on the ways that porn, birth control pills
Alexandra Muck | Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Former pornography star Crissy Moran, said that for her, working in the industry was “very much acting and pretending that you love it.” “To me, I liked … the glamorous part of it and that they were doing my hair and my makeup and that people wanted to see the pictures, but the part that was
Mary Steurer | Tuesday, October 24, 2017
In order to spread awareness about the dangers of pornography, Students for Child Oriented Policy (SCOP) is hosting White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week. The initiative aims to inform students and faculty about the detrimental effects of pornography through a series of educational events. “We’re trying to look at the issue from several different vantage
Susan Kratzer | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
In Netflix’s new series, “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On” — produced by Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus, and most notably Rashida Jones from “Parks and Recreation” — we get an inside look at the women who dare to work in the porn industry. The series follows up the trio’s 2015 documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” which examined
Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 28, 2016
It’s a fair question to ask — after all, we live in what many would call a sexually liberated society. We are told not to feel guilty or ashamed about seeking pleasure and fulfilling our desires. So what could be so bad about pornography that it still remains such a taboo topic? Is it simply
Christopher Damian | Monday, October 26, 2015
Notre Dame students look at porn. It’s just a fact. In 2013, I conducted a very informal survey of more than 400 Notre Dame students on pornography use. Sixty-three percent of men and 11 percent of women admitted to viewing porn while on campus. I don’t know entirely what to do with this fact. I don’t
Timothy Bradley and Hailey Vrdolyak | Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Sexual violence has once again come to the fore as an alarming problem facing Notre Dame. But are we — the members of the Notre Dame community — willing to face the root causes of the problem? The root cause of sexual assault is in part our defective campus culture in regards to human sexuality,
Mercedes de la Rosa | Sunday, February 8, 2015
On Friday, 2014 alumnus Michael Bradley, current managing editor for Ethika Politika and editor of The Whole Story, discussed the effects of pornography on relationships in a lecture titled “Passionless Love, Erotic Healing” as part of the 10th Annual Edith Stein Project conference. Bradley first defined pornographic consumption and production, stating that discovering the intention