Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Males and Porn




Around 90 per cent of mail porn consumption was on the internet, while 10 per cent of material came from video stores
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Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users.
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But their project stumbled at the first hurdle when they failed to find a single man who had not been and seen it
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We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography, said Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse. “We couldn't find any.”
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Although hampered in its original aim, the study did examined the habits of those young men who used pornography – which would appear to be all of them.
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Prof Lajeunesse interviewed 20 heterosexual male university students who consumed pornography, and found on average, they first watched pornography when they were 10 years old.
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Around 90 per cent of consumption was on the internet, while 10 per cent of material came from video stores.
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Single men watched pornography for an average of 40 minutes, three times a week, while those in relationships watched it 1.7 times a week for around 20 minutes.
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The study found that men watched pornography that matched their own image of sexuality, and quickly discarded material they found offensive or distasteful.
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Prof Lajeunesse said pornography did not have a negative effect on men's sexuality
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Not one subject had a pathological sexuality, he said. In fact, all of their sexual practices were quite conventional.
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Pornography hasn't changed their perception of women or their relationship, which they all want to be as harmonious and fulfilling as possible, he added.
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Jonathan Liew
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Well so now we know, although it has to be said that his sample size was not the greatest

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