Families, Children, and Society |
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Dr. Cline earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley and is presently a psychotherapist specializing in family/marital counseling and sexual addictions. He is also Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, president of Marriage and Family Enrichment (a nationwide seminar group) and author/editor of numerous scientific articles and books, including the book, Where Do You Draw the Line? Explorations in Media Violence, Pornography, and Censorship.
Dr. Cline describes how porn destroys lives, through examples from his clinical practice and other evidence. Dr. Cline describes strategies that he has found useful in treating sexual addicts, particularly those addicted to pornography. |
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Violating Children with 'Harmful Matter' -- A Clear and Present Danger |
| Dr. Layden is Director of Education, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and Director, Social Action Committee for Women's Psychological Health, Philadelphia.
A number of psychiatric disorders such as fetishes and sadomasochism are being promoted as if they are normal. Dr. Layden comments: "Are they trying to promote psychologically healthy relationships? Hardly! If pornography made us healthy, we would be healthy by now. If the sex industry made us healthy, then those in the sex industry would be the healthiest and have the healthiest relationships. The reality is far from that." |
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Raymond Pierce, a former New York City police officer and detective, holds a bachelor's degree in Behavioral Science and a master's degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. He is a contributing author to the Criminal and Civil Investigation Handbook, 2nd Edition (McGraw-Hill). In 1985, Mr. Pierce had a year long fellowship in psychological profiling at the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Va. After his FBI fellowship, he established the Criminal Assessment and Profiling Unit of the NYPD Detective Bureau. The unit assists investigators with serial crimes and unsolved major case investigations. From 1986 to 1998, Mr. Pierce assisted federal, state, and local investigators in over one thousand criminal investigations. He retired from the NYPD in October 1998 and established RMP International, a consultant firm located in Crestwood, N.Y., specializing in psychological profiling, wrongful death evaluation, threat analysis, and other specialized security matters. He advises attorneys, corporate security and private investigators, and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. He was recently profiled in The New York Times (29 March 2000).
Raymond Pierce talks with Morality in Media about the science and art of profiling, and the influence of pornography on serial and sexual criminals. |
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In addition to being General Counsel to MIM, Mr. McGeady is the director of the National Obscenity Law Center (NOLC). See the NOLC About Us page for information about him.
MIM's Paul J. McGeady explains the harm that porn does to your mind, to your soul, and to society.
In September 2000, Morality in Media's General Counsel Paul J. McGeady was invited by the Literary & Historical Society of University College, Dublin, Ireland, to participate in "The Porn Debate." MIM Director of Media Relations Patrick McGrath accompanied Mr. McGeady. Here is his account of the event. |
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Porn in Prison -- A Chaplain's Perspective Father Severson recently spoke with MIM about the effects of pornography on prisons and prisoners. |
| Obscenity Enforcement | Utah youth 'Stand for Decency' and show a heart |
'With all ...'— A reflection on pornography addiction
These verses from an anonymous author came in the mailbag to Morality in Media. We have no way of knowing whether these words are a poetic fiction or reflect the author's situation. Either way, we thought these words were worthy of your consideration.
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