Watch my full interview with Gene McConnell on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/85966257 Gene McConnell is an ex-john. At one time in his life, he had a porn addiction, was paying for sex regularly (while married), and eventually attempted to sexually assault a woman. Gene stopped himself, but the near-attempt and consequent arrest led him down another path, towards dealing with his past trauma and related sex, anger, and emotional issues, as well as towards a life of talking to other men about his past, how he changed his life, and what was at the root of his (and other men's) exploitative behaviour and dehumanizing view of women. Today, he tours college campuses, speaking to young men about pornography and prostitution, is the founder of Authentic Relationships International, is a youth pastor, and is married with three children. I found Gene through a documentary film produced by Exodus Cry called "Buying Her." He is featured among a number of ex-johns who speak candidly about what they did to women in the sex trade, why, and how it impacted their life and the lives of others. This interview has been made available for early access on Patreon. https://buyingher.com/ https://www.authenticrelationshipsint.com/about-gene/ ~~~ To gain early access to interviews, exclusive access to select content and private live streams, consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/meghanmurphy Subscribe to The Same Drugs on Substack: https://meghanmurphy.substack.com/ Watch The Same Drugs on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MeghanMurphy Support my work with a donation: https://buy.stripe.com/6oEbLI7tFgie2wEaEE Donate Bitcoin: 1BHmHSyCPbQDE5FCueUBzjuf95kwvCaGME Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghanemilymurphy/ And Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeghanEMurphy And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghanmurphywriter And Minds: https://www.minds.com/meghanmurphy/ Check the podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-same-drugs Buy my merch! It's reality-based and fact-checked: https://thesamedrugs.creator-spring.com/listing/men-aren-t-women-tho?product=46 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbg0IgnrlM

I spoke with Ani O'Brien last week about why feminists have failed on free speech, her experience of fighting for women's rights in a world that wants to erase biological sex, and the challenge of dealing with intra-movement attacks. Like, me, Ani is fond of heterodoxy, and guilty of wrongspeak, putting her at odds with many feminists, and the left. Ani is spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women (SUFW), a non-partisan organization that exists to protect and advance the rights and interests of women and girls in New Zealand. In unrelated (but relevant) news, I live in Mexico currently, and this is the current situation with my hair. idk, I'm working on it. It's an adventure. Follow Ani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aniobrien Ani's podcast is ThoughtCrimes: https://thoughtcrimes.co.nz/ Find Speak Up For Women online: https://speakupforwomen.nz/ Support The Same Drugs on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanmurphy​​ Don't like Patreon? Support my work with a donation: https://paypal.me/meghanemilymurphy​​ The Same Drugs is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_samedrugs​​ And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_samedru...​ And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesamedrugs/​​ Check the podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-same-drugs​​ Keep the conversation going on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSameDrugs/​ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNY5qXsDlE