The Social Costs of Pornography: A Consultation presents the proceedings of an event held in Princeton, New Jersey, in December 2008. This consultation, organized by the Witherspoon Institute in conjunction with the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and The Social Trends Institute, assembled a group of leading experts in the fields of economics, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, sociology, journalism, and law to present a rigorously argued overview of the problem of pornography in our society and to offer constructive recommendations. In examining the real nature of pornography in light of its multifaceted consequences, The Social Costs of Pornography: A Consultation is the first multidisciplinary inquiry in the internet age of a subject that is critically important to the health and well-being of many Americans: the hidden but real social toll of the current consumption of pornography-especially internet pornography-on an unprecedented scale.