The Science behind Pornography

Results revealed that roughly two thirds (67% ) of young men and one half (49%) of young women agree that viewing pornography is acceptable, whereas nearly 9 out of 10 (87%) young men and nearly one… view entry > | edit entry >

Research bas produced plentiful evidence of the third-person
perception--the tendency for people to think others are more
influenced by mass media than they are themselves. But until now
there has… view entry > | edit entry >

Forty-two percent of youth Internet users had been exposed to online pornography in the past year. Of those, 66% reported only unwanted exposure. view entry > | edit entry >

A relationship exists between frequent pornography consumption and sexually aggressive behavior. This relationship is especially strong for those with the highest "predisposing" risk level for sexual… view entry > | edit entry >

Married women are more likely to experience distress over a partner's pornography use than are women in dating relationships. A woman's distress over her partner's pornography use is also influenced… view entry > | edit entry >

Pornography consumption is significantly associated with perceptions of emotional infidelity. People also perceive online acts of infidelity as being authentic and real as offline acts. view entry > | edit entry >

People who have engaged in paid sex (i.e. used prostitution) or had extramarital affairs were three times as likely to have used cyberporn than those who did not. view entry > | edit entry >

People who reported being happily married were 61 percent less likely to report using Internet pornography. view entry > | edit entry >

People reporting church attendance are less apt to report Internet pornography use. Each unit increase (on a seven point scale) in church attendance was associated with a 26 percent decrease in… view entry > | edit entry >

Individuals who have had an extramarital affair are 3.18 times more likely to have used Internet pornography than individuals who did not have affairs. view entry > | edit entry >

Young men who are high consumers of pornography are more likely to engage in anal sex, as well as have sexual relations with a friend (i.e. someone with whom they are not in a loving romantic… view entry > | edit entry >

Seventy-one percent of adolescents surveyed believed pornography consumption influenced others' behavior, and 29 percent believed it affected their own behavior. view entry > | edit entry >

In this study of Swedish high school students, the home environment was the most common place to consume pornography. Eighty-six percent of the students surveyed had consumed pornography, and… view entry > | edit entry >