Perceived effects of Pornography Consumption Among Men:A Comparative Study of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: With the advancement in Media technologies, explicit sexual materials are widely available and distributed easily. This exposes people to pornography as never before. Consumption of it may potentially be stimulating as well as may lead to development of ill effects such as aggression, paraphilias. We aimed to study the effects of pornography consumption over two different groups i.e. heterosexual men and homosexual men. Methodology: We conducted a comparative study among homosexual males and heterosexual males who consumed porn. Pornography Consumption Effect Scale (PCES), 47 item likert scale was used for assessing various positive as well as negative domains associated with Porn consumption. Besides we explored the effects by face to face interviews of individuals in both the groups to further deepen our understanding. Results: Overall scores of positive domains such as sex life, knowledge, and attitude were on much higher side compared to scores suggestive of negative domains. Most of the respondents considered porn useful rather than harmful. The results were analyzed considering both i.e. qualitative as well as quantitative perspectives and responses obtained from sample population. Conclusions: Pornography consumption can be double edged sword. It should be buffered with base of scientific knowledge and sex education to avoid negative consequences.
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Mohit Sholapurkar, Ganpat K. Vankar, Avinash De Sousa
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.4.2016.464-472
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