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Transcript: PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION:DR. MARY ANNE LAYDEN
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- Congressional Testimony
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- November 18, 2004
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Congressional Testimony
11-18-2004
Statement of Dr. Mary Anne Layden Co-Director, Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology
Program Center for Cognitive Therapy University of Pennsylvania Committee
on Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space November 18, 2004 Thank you, Senators, for allowing
me to speak to you today. Pornography, by its very nature, is an equal
opportunity toxin. It damages the viewer, the performer, and the spouses
and the children of the viewers and the performers. It is toxic mis- education
about sex and relationships. It is more toxic the more you consume, the
``harder`` the variety you consume and the younger and more vulnerable
the ...