Media

Seminar on The Effects of Pornography

19 Jun 2010

 

Hong Kong society continues to debate pornography and its effects on the young, including as a source of sex education (or indeed mis-education). In the seminar "The Effects of Pornography", Professor Milton Diamond, who has written on the effects of pornography, will offer some intriguing insights from research finding.

Professor Diamond is a professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has had a very long and productive career in the study of human sexuality. He has written extensively about abortion and family planning, pornography, intersexuality, transsexuality, and other sex- and reproduction-related issues for professional sex and legal journals, as well as lay periodicals. He is frequently interviewed for public media and legal matters, and often serves as an expert in court proceedings, and is known for his research on the origins and development of sexual identity.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the seminar, the details are as follows:

Date: June 21, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / Mobile: 9220 5840 / Fax: 2540 6360 / E-mail:qlpwong@hku.hk).