Pornography and Sexual Aggression: Are There Reliable Effects and Can We Understand Them?

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...

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Published in:Annual review of sex research 2000, Vol.11 (1), p.26-91
Main Authors: Malamuth, Neil M., Addison, Tamara, Koss, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression - psychology
Aggressiveness
Coercion
Comparative analysis
Erotica
Female
Hostility
Humans
Male
Mass media
Men
Meta-analysis
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Pornography
Pornography & obscenity
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Rape
Responses
Sexual aggression
Sexual Behavior - psychology
sexually explicit media
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1053-2528
2168-3654
DOI:10.1080/10532528.2000.10559784