"Additionally, there is meta-analytic evidence to indicate that viewing more pornography and viewing extreme pornography is associated with the sexual objectification of women and more aggressive attitudes (Hald et al., 2010)[0]. Some longitudinal findings link sexual aggression and use of violent pornography, for example, one study of 10-15 year olds in the US found that those who intentionally viewed violent X-rated materials were nearly six times more likely than others to report sexually aggressive behaviour (Ybarra et al. 2011)[1]."[2]
[0] Hald, G.M., Malamuth, N.M., & Yuen, C. (2010). Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: Revisiting the relationship in non-experimental studies. Aggressive Behavior.36, 14-20. doi: 10.1002/ab.20328
[1] Ybarra, M.L., Mitchell, K.J., Hamburger, M., Diener-West, M. & Leaf, P.J. (2011). X-rated material and perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: Is there a link? Aggressive Behavior, 37, 1–18.
[2] Victoria et al. (2016). Identifying the routes by which children view pornography online: implications for future policy-makers seeking to limit viewing report of expert panel for DCMS. Technical Report. Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
>one study of 10-15 year olds in the US found that those who intentionally viewed violent X-rated materials were nearly six times more likely than others to report sexually aggressive behaviour
Isn't that a biased selection? It's a bit like finding that swimmers are more likely to drown or vice versa.
The way that first citation is worded makes me question the validity of the source. Looking into it further it seems like the researchers went in there with the answer and looked for supporting evidence for it:
>A meta‐analysis was conducted to determine whether nonexperimental studies revealed an association between men's pornography consumption and their attitudes supporting violence against women.
Keep in mind that these are fields that are very close to a lot of bs science. If you look up the first author on the study the first keyword that appears is "gender studies". All of this kind of stuff has to be looked at with extreme skepticism, especially when it's a politically charged topic.
>Isn't that a biased selection? It's a bit like finding that swimmers are more likely to drown or vice versa.
How is it a biased selection? Study 10-15 year olds, and ask about their porn use. Those who say they intentionally view violent materials are more likely to report aggressive behavior. True, this doesn't mean porn causes sexually aggressive behavior - but that's not the claim being made anyway.
>If you look up the first author on the study the first keyword that appears is "gender studies". All of this kind of stuff has to be looked at with extreme skepticism, especially when it's a politically charged topic.
I agree, and the field does have other problems too (in particular, the variation in how "pornography" is defined between studies) - but to call it BS science needs more than just an accusation. Homeopathy is BS, but that doesn't make the scientists criticizing it BS scientists, nor does it discount their research because the topic is politically charged. Malamuth, for instance, is a highly respected sociologist/psychologist. Either way, there's plenty of stuff out there for this, both "for" and "against". Open Google Scholar and do a search for "pornography and violence" or "pornography and attitudes on women", and select whatever date you want (after 2010, or after 2015, etc.)
It's important to remember that science does not prescribe "oughts", it just makes it harder for people who hold certain "oughts" to hold their views consistently.
[0] Hald, G.M., Malamuth, N.M., & Yuen, C. (2010). Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: Revisiting the relationship in non-experimental studies. Aggressive Behavior.36, 14-20. doi: 10.1002/ab.20328
[1] Ybarra, M.L., Mitchell, K.J., Hamburger, M., Diener-West, M. & Leaf, P.J. (2011). X-rated material and perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: Is there a link? Aggressive Behavior, 37, 1–18.
[2] Victoria et al. (2016). Identifying the routes by which children view pornography online: implications for future policy-makers seeking to limit viewing report of expert panel for DCMS. Technical Report. Department of Culture, Media and Sport.