sex

Question 1

What is sexual media content?

Answer 1

o Sexual media: any content that portrays or implies sexual behavior, interest, or motivation

Question 2

Erotica

Answer 2

o Literary or artistic works with themes of sex and romances

Question 3

Pornography

Answer 3

o Designed with exclusive goal of enhancing and eliciting the sexual arousal of viewers

Question 4

What is most common

Answer 4

o Mainstream media with discussions of sex

Question 5

• Sexually violent material

Answer 5

o Portrays rape and other instances of physical coercion and harm

Question 6

Nonviolent sexual material

Answer 6

Degrading
 Depictions of degradation, domination, subordination, humiliation
Not degrading
 No indication of violence or coercion

Question 7

What adolescents prefer

Answer 7

Adolescents prefer to see
 Less sex
 More friendships
 More platonic relationships

Question 8

Trends in sexual media content

Answer 8

Increases in
 Portrayal of casual premarital (before marriage) or extramarital (affairs) sexual encounters
 Portrayals of LGBTQ sexual relationships

Question 9

What is sexual arousal

Answer 9

o Drive that energizes or intensifies sexual behavior

Question 10

Sexual arousal measured by

Answer 10

Self-ratings
Physiological measures
 Body temperature
 Pupil dilation
 Engorgement

Question 11

What is the role of gender and sexual orientation

Answer 11

o Men more aroused than women
o Sexual orientation matters

Question 12

Portrayals of casual sex for teens

Answer 12

o For teens
 Difficult or complex decision
 Consequences not depicted
 Affirms traditional values

Question 13

Portrayals of casual sex for adults

Answer 13

 Non-issue, the norm

Question 14

Role of identification

Answer 14

 Identification with characters make modeling more likely

Question 15

Portrayal of extramarital sex

Answer 15

Common in soap operas, dramas
Treated comically or seriously
Effects
 More likely to believe it’s common
 Attitudes in support of it

Question 16

Portrayal of STI prevention and birth control

Answer 16

Rarely mentioned
Positive effects can happen too
 Friends
* Learned that condoms could fail
* Effects lasted 6 months

Question 17

Effects of sexual media on attitudes towards women

Answer 17

Greater endorsement of sexual stereotypes
 Women are sex objects
 Men are sex-driven
 Sexual activity is casually recreational

Question 18

Availability heuristic

Answer 18

o Judge frequency of occurrence by ease with which we can generate examples

Question 19

Sexual scripts

Answer 19

o Schemata (mental representations) about sex

Question 20

Sexual scripts tell us…

Answer 20

o What events should and shouldn’t be happening
o How people should behave in response
o What the outcomes of particular courses of action should be

Question 21

Sexual media effects on behavior

Answer 21

Can teach new behaviors
Disinhibition of known behaviors
Among adolescents
 Exposure  greater likelihood of sexual activity
 Both porn and mainstream media

Question 22

Effect on criminal sexual behaviors

Answer 22

o Heavy consumption of sexually explicit media (especially sexual violence) associated with perpetration of sexual aggression and sex crimes

Question 23

Does sexual media stimulate aggression

Answer 23

Mixed results
 Violence of content matter
 Individual differences

Question 24

Confluence model

Answer 24

o Sex offenders, violent men aroused by portrayals of rape
o Dispositional violence depends on view of victim portrayed as being in pain or pleasure

Question 25

Counteracting negative effects - reduce behavior

Answer 25

Reduce behavior
 Social norms (parents and peers disapproving)
 Restrictions on access

Question 26

Countering negative effects - education

Answer 26

 Pornography literacy: critical thinking about realism of porn