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Adolescents exposed to porn show higher rates of risky behavior and traditional gender views - Magpie - Oct 24 2025
https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-exposed-to-porn-show-higher-rates-of-risky-behavior-and-traditional-gender-views/
Quote:Those who had watched pornography scored higher on the traditional sexism scale. This subscale includes beliefs such as the idea that certain jobs are more suitable for men than women. However, there was no significant difference between pornography users and non-users in the more egalitarian subscale, which measures support for breaking down gender roles entirely.
The researchers also found that adolescents who consumed pornography were more likely to be involved in both online and offline sexual risk behaviors. These included sexting, having unprotected sex, regretting a sexual experience, and participating in group sex. In some cases, the likelihood of certain behaviors was two to six times higher among pornography users. Receiving explicit messages or photos and contacting strangers online were especially common among this group.
To explore these links further, the researchers ran statistical models separately for males and females to see which behaviors best predicted pornography use. For both groups, receiving sexual messages and accepting friend requests from unknown people online were strong predictors. Among males, two additional behaviors were significant: receiving explicit images or videos and not using condoms during sex. These findings suggest that pornography use may be part of a broader pattern of online and offline risk engagement, particularly for boys.
RE: Adolescents exposed to porn show higher rates of risky behavior and traditional ge... - YesYourNigel - Oct 24 2025
I feel like there's been several studies like these but none of them put a dent in pro-porn ideas (though to be fair most studies like this tend to have godawful methodology).
Quote:Given that legal restrictions on access to pornography have not prevented underage viewing, educational approaches may be more effective in helping adolescents critically evaluate what they see.
Legal limits that have only been in place for, what, a year? Or does "click here if you're 18+" count as a legal limit?
Quote:This could involve teaching about consent, gender equality, and healthy relationships alongside discussions of how pornography depicts sex and gender roles.
Oh my effin'...you can't let people keep their patriarchal abusive porn and also talk out of the other end about gender equality! Getting a sexual thrill out of violent or one-sided sex acts in a society that has an enduring history of abuse and neglect of women's pleasure is not something you can compartmentalise as "just fiction, tee-hee".
Quote:Those who had watched pornography scored higher on the traditional sexism scale. This subscale includes beliefs such as the idea that certain jobs are more suitable for men than women. However, there was no significant difference between pornography users and non-users in the more egalitarian subscale, which measures support for breaking down gender roles entirely.
I don't understand this. If more porn users support traditional gender roles on one scale, how can there be no difference between them on an egalitarian scale? Or is this a comparison between self identification vs actual beliefs?