Horvath et al. 2013 Flashcards
Young men/boys more likely to…
Access, seek or use pornography
Porn use/exposure link to… Increased sexual
Uncertainty
Porn use/exposure link to…used as
Sex education
Porn use/exposure link to…learn different behaviours &…
Do them
Porn use/exposure link to… More ‘risky’ behaviours, e.g.
Unprotected anal/oral sex
Sexting
(But different definitions of ‘risk’)
Porn use/exposure link to…seeing women as
Sex objects
Porn use/exposure link to…more frequent thoughts/stronger interest in
Sex
Porn use/exposure link to…BUT evidence is
‘Weak’ and only correlational
(Aggression & porn) some evidence of link between…
Porn and sexual aggression/coercion
(Aggression & porn) ‘children and young people more likely to be sexually aggressive than those who…
Didn’t access violent explicit material’ (YBARRA ET AL. 2011)
(Aggression & porn) ‘young women - greater acceptance of…
Sexual harassment/coerced sex (BONINO ET AL 2006)
(Aggression & porn) mixed findings on relationship between…
Porn use and sexual offending
(Aggression & porn) ‘chicken & egg’ scenario: those predisposed may…
Seek it out, so a circular effect we can’t disentangle
Ethical dilemma in research- we can only prove if violent porn causes violence if our research subjects actually…
Do it after we show them the violent porn
Overall conclusion - there is too much we don’t know - need to be careful about claiming…
An absence of ‘proof’ means porn is totally safe
