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Fiction or Not? Fifty Shades is Associated with Health Risks in Adolescent and Young Adult Females
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Title: Fiction or Not? Fifty Shades is Associated with Health Risks in Adolescent and Young Adult Females
Publication: Journal of Women's Health (Volume 23, Number 9)
Author: Amy E. Bonomi, Julianna M. Nemeth, Lauren E. Altenburger, Melissa L. Anderson, Anastasia Snyder, Irma Dotto
Date: 08/21/2014
Background No prior study has empirically characterized the association between health risks and reading popular fiction depicting violence against women. Fifty Shades—a blockbuster fiction series—depicts pervasive violence against women, perpetuating a broader social narrative that normalizes these types of risks and behaviors in women’s lives. The present study characterized the association between health risks in women […]
Cybersex Addiction in Heterosexual Female Users of Internet Pornography Can Be Explained by Gratification Hypothesis
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Title: Cybersex Addiction in Heterosexual Female Users of Internet Pornography Can Be Explained by Gratification Hypothesis
Publication: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (Volume: 17 Issue 8)
Author: Christian Laier, Jaro Pekal, and Matthias Brand
Date: 07/31/2014
Abstract In the context of Internet addiction, cybersex is considered to be an Internet application in which users are at risk for developing addictive usage behavior. Regarding males, experimental research has shown that indicators of sexual arousal and craving in response to Internet pornographic cues are related to severity of cybersex addiction in Internet pornography […]
Anal heterosex among young people and implications for health promotion: a qualitative study in the UK
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Title: Anal heterosex among young people and implications for health promotion: a qualitative study in the UK
Publication: BMJ Open
Author: Cicely Marston, Ruth Lewis
Date: 07/18/2014
Abstract Objective To explore expectations, experiences and circumstances of anal sex among young people. Design Qualitative, longitudinal study using individual and group interviews. Participants 130 men and women aged 16–18 from diverse social backgrounds. Setting 3 contrasting sites in England (London, a northern industrial city, rural southwest). Results Anal heterosex often appeared to be painful, […]
‘‘Double Crap!’’ Abuse and Harmed Identity in Fifty Shades of Grey
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Title: “Double Crap!” Abuse and Harmed Identity in Fifty Shades of Grey
Publication: Journal of Women's Health, Volume: 22 Issue 9
Author: Amy E. Bonomi, Lauren E. Altenburger, and Nicole L. Walton
Date: 09/05/2013
Background: While intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 25% of women and impairs health, current societal conditions—including the normalization of abuse in popular culture such as novels, film, and music—create the context to support such violence. Fifty Shades of Grey, a best-selling novel, depicts a ‘‘romantic’’ and ‘‘erotic’’ relationship involving 28-year-old megamillionaire, Christian Grey, and a 22-year-old college student, […]
Sexual Assaults in the Military: Porn is Part of the Problem (Opinion)
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Title: Sexual Assaults in the Military: Porn is Part of the Problem
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Peter J. Smyczek, Kenneth Artz
Date: 06/14/2013
If our military is to lower its rate of sex crimes, it must limit its members’ consumption of pornography and educate them about its risks. To extract itself from this sexual assault wash cycle, the Air Force, in which we serve, along with other branches of the military, must take swift action to recognize many […]
Women’s evaluations of and affective reactions to mainstream violent pornography, nonviolent pornography, and erotica (RESEARCH)
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Title: Women's evaluations of and affective reactions to mainstream violent pornography, nonviolent pornography, and erotica
Publication: Department of Psychology at Scholarship at UWindsor
Author: Charlene Senn - University of Windsor, Lorraine Radtke - University of Calgary
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ABSTRACT: Women’s reactions to three types of sexually explicit materials were examined. Ninety-six female undergraduates completed questionnaires measuring previous exposure to pornography, past history of coercive sexual experiences, attitudes toward feminism, hostility toward men, adversarial sexual beliefs, and rape myth acceptance. They were then randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (a) erotica, (b) nonviolent […]
Rape-Myth Congruent Beliefs in Women Resulting from Exposure to Violent Pornography (RESEARCH)
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ABSTRACT: Previous research findings indicate that women suffer a variety of detrimental effects from exposure to violent pornography. This study used an experimental paradigm to examine the effects of a moderate alcohol dose and alcohol expectancies on women’s acute reactions to a violent pornographic stimulus. A community sample of female social drinkers (N = 134) read an eroticized rape depiction after […]
Repeated Exposure to Violent and Nonviolent Pornography: Likelihood of Raping Ratings and Laboratory Aggression Against Women (Research)
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Title: Repeated Exposure to Violent and Nonviolent Pornography: Likelihood of Raping Ratings and Laboratory Aggression Against Women
Publication: Aggressive Behavior (Vol. 12, Iss. 2)
Author: Neil M. Malamuth, Joseph Ceniti
Date: 02/13/2006
This study examined the relatively long-term effects of repeated exposure to violent and nonviolent pornography on males’ laboratory aggression against women. Self-reported likelihood of raping was also assessed as an individual differences variable that might mediate susceptibility to the effects of pornography and to ascertain whether it predicted actual aggressive behavior. Subjects were randomly assigned […]
ABSTRACT: The present study examines the short-term cognitive effects of playing a sexually explicit video game with female “objectification” content on male players. Seventy-four male students from a university in California, U.S. participated in a laboratory experiment. They were randomly assigned to play either a sexually-explicit game or one of two control games. Participants’ cognitive accessibility […]
Matt Philbin December 13, 2012 Find original article here: http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/13/the-sexxxtons-and-the-mainstreaming-of-porn/#ixzz2IAZA235S Mom always said, “Son, if you want to find a nice, grounded, well-adjusted girl, go to work in the porn industry.” Well, no, she didn’t really. But it wouldn’t be surprising if somebody’s mom is telling her son that right now — with good reason, if […]