Paper Title
Pornography and Sexual Aggression: Are There Reliable Effects and Can We Understand Them?
Keywords
- Pornography Use
- Sexual Aggression
- Violent Pornography
- Meta-Analytic Summary
- High-Risk Males
- Aggression Interpretation
- Rapist Non-Rapist Comparison
- Cross-Cultural Research
- Media Effects
- Mass Media Influence
- Sexually Explicit Content
- Statistical Analysis
- Behavioral Studies
- Naturalistic Research
- Experimental Research
- Aggressive Men’s Responses
- Sexual Violence Prediction
- Pornography
- Rape
- Sexually Explicit Media
- Reliable Effects
- Meta-analytic Summaries
- Statistical Analyses
- Frequent Pornography Use
- Sexually Aggressive Behaviors
- BDSM
- Gagged
- Mask Gagged
- Mask Fantasy
- Tieable Mask
- Cloth Mask
- Men at High Risk for Sexual Aggression
- Aggressive Men
- Nonaggressive Men
- Rapists vs Nonrapists
- Cross-cultural Research
- Sexual Behavior
- Aggression and Violence
- Pornography Consumption
- Sexual Offenses
- Masturbation
- Chloroform
- Gender Differences in Aggression
- Psychological Effects of Pornography
- Behavioral Interpretation
- Sexual Violence
- Social and Cultural Factors
- Sexual Behavior and Media Influence
- Risk Factors for Sexual Aggression
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 11 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 26-91
Published On
November, 2012
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Abstract
In response to some recent critiques, we (a) analyze the arguments and data presented in those commentaries, (b) integrate the findings of several meta-analytic summaries of experimental and naturalistic research, and (c) conduct statistical analyses on a large representative sample. All three steps support the existence of reliable associations between frequent pornography use and sexually aggressive behaviors, particularly for violent pornography and/or for men at high risk for sexual aggression. We suggest that the way relatively aggressive men interpret and react to the same pornography may differ from that of nonaggressive men, a perspective that helps integrate the current analyses with studies comparing rapists and nonrapists as well as with cross-cultural research.
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