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  • Pornocracy

Pornocracy

by Jo Bartosch (Author), Robert Jessel (Author) Format: Hardcover
4.8 out of 5 stars (60)
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They say everybody uses porn. They're wrong. People don't use pornography: it uses us. And you don't have to watch it to be one of its victims.

In this thought-provoking and timely book, Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel expose how the multi-billion-dollar pornography industry has humanity gripped in a chokehold. From rewiring our brains and normalising sexual violence, to shaping new protest movements, the pornographic revolution has achieved a stunning and near-total victory.

The triumph of the pornocrats is made more sinister by society's widespread acceptance that 'all men watch porn', the denial of its devastating harms, and a lack of political will to curb the power of the global pornography business.

The authors answer the questions that politicians and policymakers are too scared to ask. Why, despite over half a century of feminist gains and lessons in schools on 'consent', do today's school children display more sexist attitudes than their parents and grandparents? Do women really want to be choked and humiliated in bed? How can we fight back and reclaim sex, love and relationships?

Drawing on the latest research, Pornocracy charts how the neurological shifts caused by porn use reverberate through society. The book also warns of a dystopian future where AI-powered porn and sextech threaten to reduce us all to masturbating meat puppets on an algorithmic production line.

Provocative and powerful, Pornocracy tells the story of how pornography fundamentally changed―perhaps forever―what it is to be human.

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    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Polity
  4. Publication date
    31 Oct. 2025
  5. Dimensions
    14.48 x 2.54 x 21.84 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1509565132
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1509565139
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A Compact Best Books of 2025

"A terrifying, urgent and necessary book that reveals the cost to all of us of living in the world that porn built. You won't read anything more important."
Helen Joyce, author of Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women's Rights

Pornocracy is a searing indictment of pornography's pervasive influence on how we have sex, see each other, and live our daily lives. With clarity, evidence, and passion, it documents how pornography teaches sexism, harms relationships, and feeds sexual violence."
Professor Michael Flood, author of Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention

Pornocracy is a howl of resistance against the machinery of mass degradation. In this compelling and urgent work, Bartosch and Jessel lay bare how porn is reshaping our brains, our relationships, and our culture. We're at a crossroads: one path leads to deeper dehumanisation; the other demands we reclaim sex, love and dignity. Read this book. Then choose your side."
Derrick Jensen, ecophilosopher and author of Language Older Than Words and Endgame

"Every parent and every lawmaker should read this book. Pornocracy is enlightening and terrifying ― vividly showing how the pornification of our culture is hardwiring our brains into a dystopian view of sex, women and children that threatens our whole society.
If you think it's prudish to worry about Pornhub or Only Fans, this book will tell you why you're wrong and why we need to act now-before it's too late."
Julia Hartley-Brewer, broadcaster and journalist

"A gripping account of how this dangerous industry has risen to such heights that it is now determining our cultural norms."
Julie Bindel, The Spectator

"Excellent... makes an unanswerable case against a gruesome industry."
Victoria Smith, The Critic

"A terrifying wake-up call."
Jenny Lindsay, The Scotsman

"Anyone who reads Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel's new compendium of horror Pornocracy cannot fail to be convinced."
Poppy Sowerby, UnHerd

"In Pornocracy, Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel drag the subject kicking and screaming into the spotlight, forcing the reader to look at the inherently disgusting issue in depth."
Entertainment Focus

"The problems that the book describes feel urgent, desperately in need of a solution to protect young people and the entire future of love, sex, and romance."
The Dispatch

"Pornocracy is a provocative and essential read for anyone concerned about the future of sexuality, relationships and society."
Baroness Gertin, The House

"Every lawmaker and educator in the land – and anyone naive enough to think pornography is essentially a harmless pastime – should be forced to read this gripping indictment of the billion-dollar global industry and its insidious stranglehold on human desire."
Daily Express

"makes a compelling and rightfully angry case against pornography."
Christianity Today

"The book does not seek to stoke a moral panic, but rather to critique a form of 'limbic capitalism' that has grown adept at hijacking desire coupled with a culture that cannot seem to just say no to porn."
Compact, The Best Books of 2025

"excellent"
The Catholic Herald

"The clear implication of the book is that we can't go on like this. Bartosch and Jessel's stomach for the fight is admirable."
First Things

"An incisive exposé [and] a wake-up call for pastors, policy-makers, and parents alike."
The Gospel Coalition

"A secular prophetic book"
Sean McDowell Show

"Intense and powerful"
The Andrew Klavan Show

"The best book on the market exposing the dictatorship of pornography and those who profit from it."
Archbishop and Professor Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, Christian Daily

About the Author

Jo Bartosch is a journalist, women’s rights advocate and assistant editor at The Critic.

Robert Jessel is a writer and campaigner with a particular focus on child exploitation, competing rights claims, freedom of speech, and the impact of new technology on humanity.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Polity
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 31 Oct. 2025
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509565132
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509565139
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 356 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.48 x 2.54 x 21.84 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 58,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars (60)

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Customers find this book to be a crucial read, with one noting it should be required reading for parents and young adults. The book is well-researched, with one customer highlighting its true insight into the psychology of pornography, and customers praise its writing quality.
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Customers appreciate the book's thorough research, with one customer highlighting its true insight into the psychology of pornography and another noting how it combines with robust evidence.
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...The book is meticulously researched and presents some truly sobering information. Pornocracy is essential reading. Highly recommended.Read more
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Shocking take on our ever-evolving porn culture
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Shocking take on our ever-evolving porn culture
This page turner shows how porn affects even those of us who don’t use it, normalising prostitution and abuse & belittling both sexes but (of course) especially women. Provocative and thoughtful, it won’t make you laugh but it will make you think. Definitely one to read.
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  • Helga
    5 out of 5 stars
    An important book about a problem we can’t keep ignoring
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2025
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    As a teacher of more than thirty years, I don’t say this lightly: Pornocracy is one of the most important books I have read in a long time. Bartosch and Jessel address a subject that most people shy away from, yet which affects our young people every single day. They write with courage, clarity and a deep sense of responsibility.

    The book is meticulously researched and presents some truly sobering information.

    Pornocracy is essential reading. Highly recommended.

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  • Fred
    5 out of 5 stars
    Informative and well researched. Must read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2026
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    Shocking but sadly needed to be written. A must read for any policy maker and educator.

    2 people found this helpful
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  • Rebecca Whitby
    5 out of 5 stars
    A really important book.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2026
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    A remarkable book on a difficult subject. Well organised, based on quality research and paints a compelling picture of the catastrophic impact of modern porn on people, relationships and wider society

    6 people found this helpful
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  • WJ22
    5 out of 5 stars
    Essential reading for all parents and teachers
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2025
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    This is a fearless exposé of how internet porn has hijacked sexuality.

    Written with punchy clarity and dark humour, Bartosch and Jessel dismantle the myth that “it’s just porn.” They show how today’s extreme, violent, free content—accessible to any child with a phone—has become the default sex education for a generation, driving teenage erectile dysfunction, widespread acceptance of choking and aggression, and a collapse of mutual intimacy.

    This is essential, unflinching reading. Every parent, teacher, counsellor and policymaker needs to read this book.

    13 people found this helpful
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  • Setsquare
    5 out of 5 stars
    ‘Pornocracy:’ read it and lobby your MP for the sake of our country’s future.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2025
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    This book is well researched and brilliantly written. Anyone who says that working in pornography is “empowering” for women needs to read this book. Anyone should say pornography is harmless for young boys needs to read about the huge rise in erectile dysfunction in young men. Hugely concerning that legislators are so complacent.

    11 people found this helpful
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  • A M Eaton-Smith
    5 out of 5 stars
    A must read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2026
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    This book is an education that all parents and young adults should read. In fact it should be mandatory.

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  • K. Thomas
    5 out of 5 stars
    A compelling argument for treating pornography as a public health issue
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2025
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    This is a really important and shocking read. The authors put together a compelling argument, combined with robust evidence, for treating the widespread use of pornography as a public health issue. The harm caused by the use of violent and ever-more extreme pornography is substantial, yet there seems little willingness on the part of policymakers to tackle it. A must-read.

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  • Andy
    5 out of 5 stars
    Well written
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2025
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    A well written book. And very true. The Internet has a lot to answer for. I feel for the younger generations.

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