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What would porn look like without patriarchy?Around half of British men watch it regularly. With minimal content moderation, porn sites proudly showcase the most horrifying aspects of the human imagination for all to see - whether you're searching for it or not.
The consequences transcend our screens. Porn addiction runs rampant. 'Revenge porn' is ruining women's lives - a threat only magnified by the development of deepfakes and AI. Boys are bored by physical intimacy. Girls are being choked. An entire generation's sexual education is being delivered via Pornhub; fantasies moulded and manipulated by violent, degrading, misogynistic and racist ideals. This isn't just porn, it's
patriarchal porn. And it's everywhere.
Big Porn casually platforms the most extreme content you can think of. By allowing this in the mainstream, we are sustaining the conditions under which sexual violence thrives in the real world. If we care about gender equality, we have to address this now. KC Clare McGlynn has already helped criminalise 'rape porn' as a searchable category. In
Exposed, she explores how we can realistically resist this exploitation of desire despite Big Tech's limitless greed.
About the author
Clare McGlynn is a Professor of Law at the University of Durham. A leading voice on women’s rights, sexual violence and the regulation of pornography and online abuse in the UK, she has appeared on BBC
Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4
Today and ITV news and her work has been featured in
The Sunday Times and
New York Times. In 2020 she was appointed an honorary KC in recognition of her work championing equality for women in the legal profession.
