Cons
- Affects those involved, viewers, and relationships.
- Children and adolescents have showed that age does not limit access to explicit material.
- With the creation of smart phones and faster Internet providers, minors are able to access pornographic websites and images at their leisure.
- Pornography has evolved from basic sexual encounters to more elaborate and specific interests, including fetish pornography and violent or aggressive
- Cinematography.
- Porn portrays all women in one of four degrading, dehumanizing categories. They're either a "greedy gold-digger," "mindless playmate," "insatiable nymphomaniac" or "one who craves pain.
- Reinforces women’s body bodies as trophies and creates unrealistic goals for women to reach.
- Many individuals use their sexual experiences as a reflection of their self-worth.
- Enacting a “pornified” version of sex allows for a false positive for human interactions and forces both partners to believe that is the only acceptable way.
- Personal choice and experimentation are often replaced with the expected “pornified” versions of sex acts, which is limiting to both parties.
- Porn limits the views of both men and women and creates false expectations that can be harmful to relationships.
- Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviors in real life, such as having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs.
- Stats
- About 80% of users of adult content are men age 35-49.
- 46% of those men are married
- pornographic videos were found to have very high levels of aggressive content with over 87% demonstrating a physical act of abuse and aggression and almost 50% depicting verbal abuse.
- Sexual solicitations of youth made in chat rooms 89%
- Children's Exposure to Pornography:
- Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography 11 years old
- Largest consumer of Internet pornography 12-17 age group
- 15-17 year old's having multiple hard-core exposures 80%
- 8-16 year old's having viewed porn online 90% (most while doing homework)
- 7-17 year old's who would freely give out home address 29%
- 7-17 year old's who would freely give out email address 14%
Sources: Lamb, S. (2010). Porn as a pathway to empowerment? A response to peterson's commentary. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 62(5-6), 314-317.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9756-8
Obtained from http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html
Lauren, Z. (2013). Pornography use and its effects on men and women. (Doctoral dissertation), Available from Proquest.Shmuley, R. (01, 2008 01). The negative effects of porn . Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/relationships/The-Negative-Effects-of-Porn
Shmuley, R. (01, 2008 01). The negative effects of porn . Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/relationships/The-Negative-Effects-of-Porn
Obtained from http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html
Lauren, Z. (2013). Pornography use and its effects on men and women. (Doctoral dissertation), Available from Proquest.Shmuley, R. (01, 2008 01). The negative effects of porn . Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/relationships/The-Negative-Effects-of-Porn
Shmuley, R. (01, 2008 01). The negative effects of porn . Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/relationships/The-Negative-Effects-of-Porn