AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2021 in Health Communication
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that consuming porn predicts the likelihood of choking a sexual partner, which is suspected to be due to the normalization of sexual choking in porn.
Autor
Wright, Paul J.
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2021 in Communication Monographs
KEY FINDINGS
- The findings of this study show that pornography consumption is associated with believing sexual misinformation, suggesting that pornography is actively contributing to making young people more sexually illiterate.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2021 in Journal of Health Communication
KEY FINDINGS
- According to this nationally representative survey of 14-18-year-olds, 84.4% of males and 57.1% of females had viewed pornography. Researchers also found that exposure to pornography and the belief that pornography is realistic was significantly associated with sexual aggression.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2020 in Journal of Sexual Medicine
KEY FINDINGS
- In this nationally representative survey, researchers found that pornography consumption is significantly associated with engaging in aggressive sexual behaviors—both as the aggressor and the target of aggression. Women and men who have sex with men were significantly more likely to report being the targets of sexually aggressive behaviors.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2019 in Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 18641105
KEY FINDINGS
- Consistent with prior studies, this study found that pornography consumption had a negative effect on sexual satisfaction - particularly when porn use was used regularly.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2018 in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, Vol. 44(3), pp. 308-315
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that more frequent viewing of pornography was associated with lower levels of sexual satisfaction in couple relationships.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2017 in Sexualization, Media, & Society
KEY FINDINGS
- This research suggests that porn can influence women to be more submissive in real-life sexual encounters.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2017 in Human Communications Research, Vol. 43, pp. 315-343
KEY FINDINGS
- This meta-analysis study analyzed the results of dozens of studies and found that pornography consumption was associated with lower interpersonal satisfaction outcomes in cross‐sectional surveys, longitudinal surveys, and experiments.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2016 in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 45(4), pp. 955-996
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that men who are frequently exposed to pornography are more likely to view women as sex objects and to endorse violence against women.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2016 in Journal of Communication, Vol. 66(1), pp. 183-205
KEY FINDINGS
- This meta-analyses study found that 22 studies from 7 different countries have shown that the consumption of pornography is assoicated with sexual agression.