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Porn is propaganda in the war on women
JO BARTOSCH argues that, far from fantasy, pornography has a serious effect on men’s treatment of women

I AM tired of pretending there is no pattern, that sexual violence is just a few disordered men. I am bored of the lie that all we have to do as women is speak up and tweet #metoo. I am sick of living in a world where pornography warps our desires.

As co-director of Critical Sisters, on December 9 I will be one of those taking action and I urge others to do the same.

Damian Green might have been unlucky in being caught, but research suggests 76 per cent of all men in the UK watch pornography.

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