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The John Henry Cardinal Newman Lecture Series
Virtual Intimacy and Pseudo Sexuality: The Effect of Pornography on the Self and Relationships within the Family
The sexual nature of man and woman is designed to bring intimacy and friendship between them to the deepest of human levels in partnership, and parenthood, with a peace, joy and even ecstasy that can be deepened and renewed again and again throughout life. Does pornography help any of these dimensions or does it build a wall of separation between men and women? Does it even build a separation between the self presented to the world and the self that dwells within? What do the social sciences reveal to date about the effects of internet pornography on the fundamental relationships of society: friendship, marriage and family life?
Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at Family Research Council and is its director of the Center for Marriage and Religion where he examines the relationship between family, marriage, religion, community, and America’s social dynamics and
problems as illustrated in the social sciences research data. He was appointed Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Family and Community Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by President George H.W. Bush and spent the next thirteen years at The Heritage Foundation as a senior fellow.
When: 11:00 AM, Friday, November 21, 2008
Where: 801 G Street, NW Washington D.C. 20001
RSVP: (703) 416-1441 or email newmanlectures@ipsciences.edu