Title: Pornography as a Source of Sex Information for College Students in Fraternities and Sororities
Abstract: Abstract According to a 1985 poll, the majority of Americans surveyed thought that pornography served as a source of information about sexuality. Duncan (1990) conducted a survey of 32 subjects and found that pornography was one of seven sources of sexuality information for university students. The literature reviewed, however, revealed little data concerning the role of pornography on sexuality knowledge of American youth. The purpose of this study was to examine how frequently university students were exposed to pornography. In addition, the effects of pornography on specific sex knowledge topics were also investigated. It was found that nearly 50 percent of the subjects saw or read materials which they regarded as pornographic once a month or more. Pornography was ranked 3.5 out of six choices as a source of sexuality knowledge. A significant number of subjects reported that pornography had contributed to their knowledge of eight specific sexuality related topics while 42 percent of the participants considered the portrayals of sexual topics as positive. There was a significant difference between males and females as related to their exposure to and perceptions of pornography.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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