scholarly journals Women's Age of First Exposure to Internet Pornography Predicts Sexual Victimization

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J Harsey ◽  
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Laura K Noll ◽  
Melissa J Miller ◽  
Ryan A Shallcross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Sexually Explicit Media ◽  
Internet Pornography ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Pornography Use

Increases in the availability and accessibility of Internet pornography have led growing numbers of children to become consumers of sexually explicit media. Research has identified negative behavioral and attitudinal outcomes associated with Internet pornography use in childhood and adolescence, but few studies have examined sexual victimization as a correlate. The current study aimed to examine the association between age of first Internet pornography exposure and sexual victimization. Data from 154 undergraduate women yielded several important findings. Women who viewed Internet pornography unintentionally at a younger age reported more sexual victimization. Specifically, compared to women who were first unintentionally exposed to Internet pornography at age 14 or older, women with unintentional first Internet pornography exposure before the age of 14 reported more childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse in adulthood, and more instances of sexual coercion and aggression. Women with younger age of unintentional Internet pornography exposure also reported more interpersonal sexual objectification than women who had never viewed Internet pornography at all. Age of first intentional exposure to Internet pornography was not related to women’s self-reported experiences of objectification, although this may be because women’s intentional exposure tended to happen at older ages. Overall, the results of this study suggest that women’s unintentional Internet pornography exposure at a young age may contribute to a potentially harmful sexual socialization. Early Internet pornography exposure in childhood should be considered a potential risk factor for women’s sexual victimization.

Exposure to Harsh Parenting and Pornography as Explanations for Males’ Sexual Coercion and Females’ Sexual Victimization

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Gordon Simons ◽  
Ronald L. Simons ◽  
Man-Kit Lei ◽  
Tara E. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Harsh Parenting ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
The Impact

Sexual violence against women is a major concern to researchers and policy makers, as well as to the general public. This study uses a sample of more than 2,000 college students to investigate the extent to which exposure to harsh parenting practices and sexually explicit materials contributes to perpetration and victimization. Findings indicate that frequent corporal punishment in the family of origin combined with consumption of pornographic materials increased the probability that males reported engaging in coercive sexual practices. For females, both frequent corporal punishment and exposure to paternal hostility combined with consumption of pornographic materials were associated with higher levels of reported sexual victimization. These results provide increased understanding of the impact of pornography use among a nonclinical sample, as well as the consequences of experiencing harsh corporal punishment in one’s family of origin, on the sexual victimization of females.

Deviant Pornography Use

2019 ◽  
pp. 210-235
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Child Pornography ◽  
Early Exposure ◽  
Internet Pornography ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The impact of both intentional and unintentional exposure to internet pornography on adolescents has been debated in the literature for decades. However, the differences in the operational definitions of pornography and exposure, not to mention the differences in methodology and sampling, make it difficult to synthesize findings and identify patterns across studies. In addition, the majority of the research has employed a rather broad measure of “exposure to general pornography” by adolescents in order to understand the impact of early exposure to pornography; however, internet pornography includes a wide range of sexually explicit materials, not just adult pornography. Thus, the goal of this chapter is to explore the relationship between nondeviant pornography use and deviant pornography use (e.g., child pornography) by discussing the Seigfried-Spellar study which examined the role of individual differences and age of onset in deviant pornography use.

Predicting Body-Esteem Based on Type of Sexual Victimization Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199743
Author(s):  
Suzanne L. Osman ◽  
Jamie P. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
The Body ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
History Of ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Victimization Experience

Almost no research exists examining the relationship between body-esteem and sexual victimization experience in adulthood. The current study contributes to the literature by examining body-esteem based on type of sexual victimization experience (i.e., none, sexual contact, attempted sexual coercion, sexual coercion, attempted rape, rape). Participants included undergraduate women ( n = 750) who completed the Body-Esteem Scale ( Franzoi & Shields, 1984 ) and the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization ( Koss et al., 2007 ), and had either no history of sexual victimization experience or experience within the past year. Women with no sexual victimization experience did not differ from women with sexual contact experience, but both groups reported higher body-esteem than women with coercion, attempted coercion, and rape experience. These three latter groups did not differ from one another, but each reported lower body-esteem than women with attempted rape experience, who reported higher body-esteem than those with no experience. Findings are preliminary but suggest that body-esteem may be negatively associated with some types of sexual victimization experience (attempted and completed coercion, rape), but not others (sexual contact, attempted rape), and escaping rape may increase positive feelings toward one’s body.

Negotiating Norms

Young ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Spišák
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Sexually Explicit Media ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Sexual Exploration ◽  
Gender Specific

Drawing on 91 pornography-related submissions sent by young Finns to a moderated question and answer forum on sexual health, this article explores the personal narratives of adolescents on pornography use. Special attention is given to the submissions by girls to explore the widely circulated narratives on the sexualization of adolescence more precisely. In focusing on these accounts of sexual exploration, learning and the pursuit of pleasure, the article examines how girls’ interests in sexually explicit media can be reflexively understood in the context of everyday sexual practices that are already socially constructed and negotiated. The material reveals that Finnish girls depict themselves as invested with substantial agency, competence and volition despite the occasional gender-specific anxieties that their encounters with pornography have created.

Body Dissatisfaction and Sexual Victimization among College Women

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 907-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Billingham ◽  
Julia Lee Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Negative Effect

109 white, never-married undergraduate women between the ages of 17 and 24 years completed both a Body Dissatisfaction scale and a sexual coercion scale. Analysis showed no over-all correlation between body-dissatisfaction scores and sexual victimization scores. Since the correlations were as anticipated, the lack of significance may reflect the small group sizes. Women with higher and those with lower body-dissatisfaction scores were not different in mean sexual victimization scores, suggesting that women's body dissatisfaction may not be associated with risk for sexual victimization. There was a significantly higher mean body-dissatisfaction score for women who reported that they had experienced sexual victimization in dating relationships than for women who reported having had no such experience. Perhaps experiencing sexual victimization has a negative effect on how women view their bodies. This study suggests a complex link between sexual victimization and body dissatisfaction in women.

Pornography Content

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Emily F. Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Sexually Explicit Media ◽  
Internet Pornography ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Feminist Pornography

There are now more than 90 categories of pornography on offer on mainstream Internet sites. This chapter argues that pornography is far from monolithic, which makes studying its impact complicated. Further, the chapter suggests that the sheer volume and variety of pornography are not inherently harmful to public health, although there is some potential that the variety of sexually explicit media available could be marketing strategy to lure or secure consumers. Four specific types of pornography—magna/anime, incest, barely legal, and kink/BDSM—are discussed. The chapter reviews findings from content analyses of porn, including so-called feminist pornography. The need for more research on race and racism in mainstream, Internet pornography is highlighted.

Deviant Pornography Use

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Internet Pornography ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Pornography Use

Personality differences exist between consumers and non-consumers of Internet pornography, but limited attention has been given to the differences in nondeviant (adult-only) consumers and deviant (adult + deviant) pornography users. A recent study found individuals who consumed both adult + deviant pornography reported a significantly younger “age of onset” for adult pornography use compared to adult-only users. The current study investigated whether age of onset for adult pornography use and individual differences discriminated between adult-only and adult + deviant pornography use. 272 respondents completed an anonymous Internet-based survey; 46 respondents were non-pornography users, 165 respondents were adult-only pornography users, and 61respondents were adult + deviant pornography users. Results indicated that adult + deviant pornography users scored significantly higher on openness to experience and reported a significantly younger age of onset for adult pornography use compared to adult-only pornography users.

History of Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Sexual Fantasies

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Sexual Fantasies ◽  
History Of Childhood ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
History Of

The study investigated the hypothesis that women with a history of childhood sexual abuse would report different sexual fantasies from women with no childhood sexual abuse. Women with a history of abuse had more force in their fantasies, had more sexually explicit fantasies, began having sexual fantasies at a younger age, and had more fantasies with the theme of being under someone’s control. Women with a history of childhood physical abuse did not have a similar pattern. It was suggested that the sexual fantasies may reflect the sexualizing effect of childhood sexual experiences and that fantasies of the abusive experience may become intrusive.

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