5. Sexy Media & Sexual Anatomy in Porn

Question 1

quesiton in sexy media study

Answer 1

To assess over time whether exposure to sexual content in 4 mass media (television, movies, music, and magazines) used by early adolescents predicts sexual behavior in middle adolescence.

Question 2

methods?

Answer 2

in home survey of 1017 black and white adolescents from 14 middle schools in central North Carolina was conducted.

longitudinal -> 12 - 14yrs, again in 2 years

Question 3

results

Answer 3

white adolescents more likely to have sex when 14-16
- NOT black youth

Question 4

conclusions for white youth

Answer 4

Exposure to sexual content in music, movies, television, and magazines accelerates white adolescents’ sexual activity and increases their risk of engaging in early sexual intercourse.

Question 5

conclusions for black youth

Answer 5

more influenced by perceptions of their parents’ expectations and their friends’ sexual behavior than by what they see and hear in the media.

Question 6

strongest predictor for early sexual intercourse?

Answer 6

perception that their peers were having sex.

Question 7

limitations of this study?

Answer 7

• Non-representative
• Unusually large portion of low SES
• Biases in public school sampling
• Self-report measure
• Pubertal development
• Did not analyze internet as source of sexual information

Question 8

purpose of Porn Sex Versus Real Sex: How Sexually Explicit Material Shapes Our Understanding of Sexual Anatomy, Physiology, and Behaviour

Answer 8

etermine whether the frequency of SEM consumption predicts knowledge of sexual human anatomy, physiology, and typically practiced sexual behaviour.

Secondary purpose was to investigate self-perceived effects of SEM consumption and whether participants report SEM as a positive or negative contributor to various aspects of life.

Question 9

results

Answer 9

greater positive self-perceived effects of SEM consumption than negative effects.
- permissive sexual attitudes, greater acceptance of premarital sex, and a tendency to see sex without love as more important than sex with love

Question 10

what is regular consumption associated with

Answer 10

• greater engagement in high-risk sexual behaviours such as anal sex
• a greater number of sexual partners
• lowered age of first intercourse

Question 11

method

Answer 11

online survey,

Question 12

limitations

Answer 12

• WEIRD participants
• mainly female
• self-selected (self-selected human sexuality participants are significantly different from non-participants on several variables, including more positive attitudes toward both sex and SEM, more liberal political views, more sexual experience, and greater sexual permissiveness)
• self-report
• participation bias
• attention bias