Online Pornography

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Background and aims: Adolescent Internet pornography viewing has been significantly increased in the last decade with research highlighting its association with Internet addiction (IA). However, there is little longitudinal data on this topic, particularly in relation to peer context effects. This study aimed to examine age-and context-related variations in the Internet pornography–IA association. Methods: A total of 648 adolescents, from 34 classrooms, were assessed at 16 years and then at 18 years to examine the effect of Internet pornography preference on IA in relation to the classroom context. IA was assessed using the Internet Addiction Test (Young, 1998), Internet pornography preference (over other Internet applications) was assessed with a binary (yes/no) question, and classroom introversion and openness to experience (OTE) with the synonymous subscales within the Five Factor Questionnaire (Asendorpf & Van Aken, 2003). Results: Three-level hierarchical linear models were calculated. Findings showed that viewing Internet pornography exacerbates the risk of IA over time, while classroom factors, such as the average level of OTE and introversion, differentially moderate this relationship. Discussion and conclusion: The study demonstrated that the contribution of Internet pornography preference (as an IA risk factor) might be increased in more extroverted classrooms and decreased in OTE classrooms.

An analysis of participation in adult video-conferencing on the internet reveals a subversion of traditional relations between the image and the act in pornography, providing an `interactive' sex entertainment which is both representation (or image) and presentation (or act). CU-SeeMe offers an experience that is at the same time both image and act, creating a space that accommodates multiple and fluid roles, allowing the positions of spectator and spectacle to be freely exchanged, and rewriting active/passive gender relations. In proposing that interactive CU-SeeMe sex entertainment blurs the boundaries between image and act, this article suggests that online interactive sex entertainment allows for the possibility of rewriting codes of sexuality.

This study examined the extent to which children are safe on the internet with a focus on internet pornography. The objectives of this study include (a) to ascertain the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access; (b) to determine the impact of sex on student use of internet for social networking; (c) to test whether sex have significant effect on student use of internet for instant messaging; (d) to test whether sex impact on student use of internet for Email; (e) to determine the contribution of sex student use of internet for video posting/viewing; (f) to test whether sex have significant contribution on student use of internet for their homework; and (g) to ascertain the extent of children expose to pornography online. Primary source of data collection was employed in this study and the statistical tools used for data analysis include the Chi-square test statistic, Bar chart, Pie chart and percentage distribution. The result obtained was that majority of children do not have access to internet through peer relationships which implies that the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access is low. It was revealed that students use the internet for social networking, video posting/viewing, and Emailing but do not use it for instant messaging and in doing their homework. It was found that majority of the children are not exposed to online pornography, in contrary it should be noted that the few children who use the internet for these activities are at risk of being exposed to pornography online.

This study examined the extent to which children are safe on the internet with a focus on internet pornography. The objectives of this study include (a) to ascertain the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access; (b) to determine the impact of sex on student use of internet for social networking; (c) to test whether sex have significant effect on student use of internet for instant messaging; (d) to test whether sex impact on student use of internet for Email; (e) to determine the contribution of sex student use of internet for video posting/viewing; (f) to test whether sex have significant contribution on student use of internet for their homework; and (g) to ascertain the extent of children expose to pornography online. Primary source of data collection was employed in this study and the statistical tools used for data analysis include the Chi-square test statistic, Bar chart, Pie chart and percentage distribution. The result obtained was that majority of children do not have access to internet through peer relationships which implies that the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access is low. It was revealed that students use the internet for social networking, video posting/viewing, and Emailing but do not use it for instant messaging and in doing their homework. It was found that majority of the children are not exposed to online pornography, in contrary it should be noted that the few children who use the internet for these activities are at risk of being exposed to pornography online.

Online pornography represents a complex experience. The identification of determinant characteristics of this experience may allow to reduce its negative effects and improve the preventive interventions in young people. This study aimed to identify, among expert opinions, the main pornography features, the type of effects related to its consumption, and the most appropriate interventions to face the negative consequences of this consumption in adolescents and young people. We invited an international multidisciplinary group of experts in pornography and sex education to be part of this study. A two-round electronic Delphi panel was undertaken with 30 experts. The used questionnaire asked about pornography definition, features, and effects, as well as interventions against the negative consequences of its consumption in adolescents. The main pornography features identified were: easy access, violent content, and changes in perception and attitudes regarding gender equality and sexuality. Some of the interventions against the negative consequences of pornography consumption were: social support in the maturation process, education of emotions, affections, and sexuality, as well as regulations in the access system to online pornography. On the one hand, the main pornography characteristics identified in this study might be one of the first steps to understand and analyze the actual state and impact of this huge phenomenon. On the other hand, the expert’s opinion regarding interventions might contribute to the development or improvement of strategies to prevent or minimize the negative effects of pornography consumption/exposition in adolescents and young people.

Mass media consumption has increased markedly in recent years. One unintended consequence of this increase is the proliferation of risky consumption, including online and offline pornography. Although the literature has noted a series of predictive variables (age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family structure), recent studies have suggested including values and lifestyles as relevant factors in consumption decisions. The objective of the present study was to examine whether adolescents’ lifestyles were relevant predictors of the consumption of pornography both on the Internet and in magazines or videos. A cross-sectional observational study design that included a representative sample of 9,942 Colombian adolescents (Mage=14.93, SD=2.47) was used. To control the effects of sociodemographic, structural, and individual variables, their lifestyles were examined using a multiple regression analysis and mediation analysis. The results indicated that a positive intrafamilial style was associated with a reduction in the consumption of pornography; however, both a negative intrafamilial style and a relational independence style increased consumption. In addition, the study suggests that family relational styles can mediate the relationship between positive values and risky behavior both online and offline. Finally, we discuss the results from the relational perspective, including its application in media literacy programs.

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Female-oriented male-male erotica is a genre of popular culture often know as Boys’ Love (BL), yaoi, and danmei. It is one of the largest by-and-for women sexual subcultures and a global phenomenon. With the largest data sets in the field, we ask: Which risqué sexual content do Sinophone (Chinese-speaking) and Anglophone (English-speaking) participants particularly enjoy in BL and does this differ between cultures?; and, Are there sub-demographics in Sinophone and in Anglophone culture who enjoy particular forms of risqué sexual content in BL and do these forms relate also to enjoyment of particular storylines and concern with legal issues? The material studied meets the DSM-5 definition of the paraphilic and little is known about paraphilias in women or in the general population. We analyze using Categorical Principal Component Analysis one 15-response question from our Sinophone (N = 1922) and Anglophone (N = 1715) BL fandom surveys: Which risqué sexual content do you particular enjoy in BL?, and test for associations with seven demographic and other BL content-related questions. Notably, the component structure is nearly replicated between the two independent samples, in order of strength: BDSM Specialist, Mechanoid/Animal Sex Specialist, Underage Sex Specialist, and Minority Paraphilia Specialist. In both samples, it is the avid BL fans and/or those who like explicitly sexual stories, a largely overlapping demographic, who most engage the risqué content while, for the Sinophone, this includes also more nonhetersexual and/or other-gendered people. We conclude that women’s paraphilias have been largely overlooked because they might be expressed more commonly through fantasy than action, that their mass expression has awaited both the means and the market force, and that current conceptualization of, and assumptions about, paraphilias are overly modelled on that of men.

Watching pornography online is a deeply personal, if not secretive act, yet the ease with which a near-infinite supply of adult content is shored up by networks of shared experiences. In fact, the persistent assumption that consuming adult content is a 'closed' experience has largely stunted efforts to reconceptualize online pornography as a "network experience." As Wendy Chun asks, "Why are networked devices described as 'personal,' when they are so chatty and promiscuous?" This article, therefore, attempts to 'pornify the network' by tracing the movement, flows, and processual emergence of networks that have been crucial to the formation and continued proliferation of online pornography. Two case studies are used to illustrate the persistence of this framework: the first theorizes 'edging' in early online pornography, while the second puts into question the politics of the world's largest porn website deploying user data for titillating effect. Theorizing a pornified network ultimately reroutes persistent technological imaginaries of the network through affect, sensation, and the entanglements of desire.

El presente artículo se plantea la constitucionalidad de una hipotética regulación que aspirase a restringir de forma severa la pornografía en Internet. En primer lugar, se ofrece una definición de pornografía y se expone cómo su consumo ha experimentado un cambio cualitativo y cuantitativo en los últimos lustros. Tras esta aproximación, se presentan los derechos constitucionales que ejercitan quienes producen, difunden y consumen de pornografía; así como los derechos e intereses de rango constitucional que dichas actividades pueden vulnerar. El artículo concluye presentando tres posibles modelos de regulación de la pornografía onlineabolicionista, restrictivo y permisivo-, subrayando que el restrictivo es que mejor se cohonesta con las exigencias de nuestro texto constitucional. De este modo, se concluye que una restricción severa de la pornografía en Internet resulta plenamente constitucional.