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Among young adults, pornography is losing the social stigma previous generations once attached to it, according to a new study by Brigham Young social sciences researcher Jason Carroll (to be published in January in the Journal of Adolescent Research). Carroll and his colleagues studied 813 college students from six different schools. The results: 86% of young men reported viewing pornography in the last year, and 20% said they looked at it every day or nearly every day. Among women, 31% indicated they'd viewed porn in the last year, with only 3.2% saying they did so weekly or daily. But nearly half of the young women said that viewing X-rated material was an acceptable expression of one's sexuality. Among the parents of those surveyed, 37% of fathers and 20% of mothers agreed that consuming explicit sexual material was acceptable. What difference does this shift make? Researchers found that those who used porn regularly were more likely to indulge in other risky behaviors, such as drinking binges and sex with multiple partners. [usatoday.com, 12/12/07 stats, c&e - Plugged In Online 1/03/08] Online pornography is now so pervasive that 42% of Web users between the ages of 10 and 17 have been exposed to it. Of that group, 66% claim they weren't seeking it out. But among 16- and 17-year-old boys, more than a third admit to intentionally visiting porn sites. Emily Duhovny, 17, responded nonchalantly to the study's discoveries: "It's so common now, who hasn't seen something like that?" But University of Chicago psychiatrist Sharon Hirsch commented, "They're seeing things that they're really not emotionally prepared to see yet, which can cause trauma to them." The study was conducted by researchers at the University of New Hampshire and published in the February issue of Pediatrics. [AP, 2/5/07 stats - Plugged In Online 2/13/07] comments?"This generation is bond by porn,please pray with us so we May conguer this spirit of porn,we r suffering frm this." Post your comment! Previous: guys only |
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