Studies Showing The Harmful Effects Of Porn

Now you may have hear it quite often that pornography isn’t harmful in any way shape or form. Fact of the matter is, this has been dis-proven and in the following, we will show you how harmful it can actually become. Also, keep in mind that this is only what it does to an individual, so with 43% of internet traffic engaging into porn, this can definitely have a large impact on a society as a whole.

“Portrayals of sex, rather than violence, leads viewers to lose respect for women and trivialize the crime of rape, a study on pornography concludes. James Weaver, a University of Kentucky communications professor who conducted the study, said his conclusions are supported by a review of research by other U.S. scholars�.” according to a report by Deborah Wilson, (Ibid. 2). “Prof. Weaver was assisted in his research by Indiana University professor Dolf Zillman, an authority on the impact of pornography. Previous studies by Prof. Zillmann and Prof. Jennings Bryant of the University of Houston found that both men and women considered rape a less violent act after they were exposed to non-violent pornography, and men became more callous toward women.”

“A 1984 study by Dolf Zillmann of the University of Indiana and Jennings Bryant of the University of Houston found evidence that shows an exposure to non-violent pornography leads to an increased interest in violent porn.” It also creates a taste for porn that portrays less commonly practiced sexual activities, including those involving the infliction of pain.” In Zillman and Bryant’s research featured in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology (Vol. 18, 1988) it revealed that repeated exposure to pornography results in a decreased satisfaction with one’s sexual partner, with the partner’s sexuality, with the partner’s sexual curiosity, a decrease in the valuation of faithfulness, and a major increase in the importance of sex without attachment.” (Ibid.)

Facts surfaced in a carefully researched l983 study by sociologists Murray Straus and Larry Baron at the University of New Hampshire, that there is “an unusually high correlation between sex magazine readership and the rape rate.”

Dr. Jennings Bryant, head of the radio-television school of communication at the University of Houston said that exposure to so-called “soft” pornography (that which is found on the covers of magazines in many stores) has greater effects than most people realize. He states on p. 3 of this report: “We’re finding proof that this (less violent) stuff is doing harm, and something has to be done about it.” Dr. Bryant’s study finds that men and women who are exposed to non-violent pornography have altered views about the roles of family, marriage and morals in society.

This report states that Chicago police have found an even stronger link between sexual abuse and child pornography. James B. Check, a professor at the University of York in Ontario, Canada, found in 1985 that youth between the ages of 12 and 17 had the highest interest in pornographic material and were its prime viewers. Sellers of pornography target them because, as Mark Kastleman states in his book, The Drug of the New Millennium, youth have 20 times the testosterone of an adult and so they are much more quickly affected as they see sexual images.

This just goes to show how much porn can have a negative effect on not just an individual but on a society as a whole.

Now let’s just think about it for a minute; In the case of the 1984 study of Dolf Zillman and Jennings Bryant, the subjects have only watched porn for a total of 6 weeks, with 1 hour per week making it less than 10 minutes daily. That being said, The results were quite negative.

Now imagine after years of pornography use how it can have a major impact on a person. This is indeed not something you should remain with if you happen to be addicted to porn.

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