Up to two-thirds of adolescents reports unwanted exposure to porn
Luder, M.T. et al. “Associations Between Online Pornography and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: Myth or Reality?” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2011) 40:1027.
Mitchell, K.J. et al. “Trends in Youth Reports of Sexual Solicitations, Harrassment, and Unwanted Exposure to Pornography on the Internet,” Journal of Adolescent Health (2007) 40:116.
Wolak, J. et al. “Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users,” Pediatrics (2007) 119:247.
Pre-teens turn away from porn in disgust
Borg, C. et al. “Disgust Toward Sex-Relevant and Sex-Irrelevant Stimuli in Pre-, Early, and Middle Adolescence,” Journal of Sex Research (2019) 56:102.
Early porn exposure, early first intercourse
Kraus, S.W. and B. Russell. “Early Sexual Experiences: The Role of Internet Access and Sexually Explicit Material,” Cyberpsychology and Behavior (2008) 11:162.
Teen male sex abusers view porn
Burton, D.L. et al. “Comparison by Crime Type of Juvenile Delinquents on Pornography Exposure: The Absence of Relationships Between Exposure to Pornography and Sex Offense Characteristics,” Journal of Forensic Nursing (2010) 6:121.
Goldstein, M. et al. “Experience with Pornography: Rapists, Pedophiles, Homosexuals, Transsexuals, and Controls,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (1971) 1:1.
The 20-year review of research on porn and adolescents
Peter, J. and P.M. Valkenburg. “Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research,” Journal of Sex Research (2016) 53:509.
Viewing violent porn is linked to a six-fold increase in sexual aggression
Ybarra, M.L. et al. “X-Rated Material and Perpetration of Sexually Aggressive Behavior Among Children and Adolescents: Is There a Link?” Aggressive Behavior (2011) 37:1.
Decline in the divorce rate: 1980-2015
More porn, less sexism
Garos, S. et al. “Sexism and Pornography Use: Toward Explaining Past (Null) Results,” Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality (2004) 16:69.
Porn is not particularly associated with sexual risk-taking
Luder, M.T. et al. “Associations Between Online Pornography and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: Myth or Reality?” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2011) 40:1027.
Sinkovic, M. et al. “Revisiting the Association Between Pornography Use and Risky Sexual Behaviors: The Role of Early Exposure to Pornography and Sexual Sensation Seeking,” Journal of Sex Research (2013) 50:633.
Porn exposure early in life has no significantly harmful impact
Stulhofer, A. et al. “Pornography, Sexual Socialization, and Satisfaction Among Young Men,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2010) 39:168.
Hald, G.M. et al. “Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials and Sexual Behaviors in a Large Sample of Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2013) 10:2986.
Teens know that porn is fantasy
Haggstrom-Nordin, E. et al. “’It’s Everywhere!’ Young Swedish People’s Thoughts and Reflections About Pornography,” Scandinavian Journal of the Caring Sciences (2006) 20:386.
Hald, G.M. et al. “Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials and Sexual Behaviors in a Large Sample of Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2013) 10:2986.
Hald, G.M. and N.M Malamuth. “Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography Consumption,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2008) 37:614.
Mattebo, M. et al. “Hercules and Barbie? Reflections on the Influence of Pornography and It’s Spread in the Media and Society in Groups of Adolescents in Sweden,” European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care,” (2012) 17:40.
Long-term trends in teen birth rates
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db89.pdf
CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey—1997
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00054432.htm
CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey —2015
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/2015/ss6506_updated.pdf
Tavernise, S. “U.S. Fertility Rate Fell to a Record Low, for a Second Striaght Year,” New York Times, May 17, 2018.
Teen celibacy: Baby Boomers vs. Millennials
Twenge, J.M. et al. “Sexual Inactivity During Young Adulthood is More Common Among U.S. Millennials and iGen: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Having No Sexual Partners After Age 18,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2017) 46:433.
Porn leads to unrealistic sexual beliefs
Owens, E.W. et al. “The Impact of Internet Pornography on Adolescents: A Review of the Research,” Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (2012) 19:99.
Porn Literacy class
Albury, K. “Porn AND Sex Education, Porn AS Sex Education,” Porn Studies (2014) 1:172.
Jones, M. “What Teenagers Learn from Online Porn,” New York Times Magazine, Feb. 7, 2018.
Does discussing porn with adolescents encourage them to view it?
Koletic, G. et al. “Does Asking Adolescents About Pornography Make Them Use It?” A Test of the Question-Behavior Effect,” Journal of Sex Research (2019) 56:137.
Peter, J. and P.M. Valkenberg, “Do Questions About Watching Internet Pornography Make People Watch Internet Pornography? A Comparison Between Adolescents and Adults,” International Journal of Public Opinion Research (2012) 24:400.
