A Content Analysis of Erotic Videos

Sexual Behaviors and Violence in Pornography: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Video Content Analyses

“…The 7 studies that provided a general “cunnilingus” category are presented first. Among VHS studies, cunnilingus was found in 40% to 72% of sex scenes [ 35 , 41 ], or a mean of 4.8 incidents per video [ 37 ]. In a DVD study, Salmon and Diamond [ 46 ] found a mean of 6.5 instances per heterosexual film, and a mean of zero acts in gay male films.…”

“…Vaginal intercourse was examined by eleven studies, predominantly in general or heterosexual samples. One VHS study [ 37 ] finding a mean of 4.2, 2.4 and 4.2 acts for positions “male above,” “female above,” and “rear entry” respectively per film. Another found that 31.7% of characters began sexual activity with intercourse but did not provide an overall estimate of its prevalence [ 36 ].…”

“…In all, 11 studies examined anal intercourse in heterosexual pornography. One VHS study [ 37 ] reported a mean of 1.2 instances in pornographic videos; meanwhile, other VHS studies reported anal intercourse in 10% [ 35 ], 13% [ 41 ], and 53% [ 36 ] of videos. DVD studies found that 42% to 56% [ 17 , 44 , 45 ] of sex scenes in DVD films included anal intercourse, while another DVD study [ 46 ] found a mean of 1.9 acts per film.…”

Analysis of Representation of Sexuality on Women's and Men's Pornographic Websites

“…Brosius, Weaver, and Staab (1993) found that the focus in pornographic videotapes produced between 1979 and 1988 was on men's sexual desires and superiority over women, by portraying the women as sexually willing and available objects. Garcia and Milano (1991) found that the sexually aggressive or violent acts towards women portrayed in pornographic videotapes were not common, but that women were portrayed as having lower status than the men in terms of their respective occupations.…”

“…We assessed sexual inequality in terms of the overall theme of the image and the model's behavioral portrayal. Overall theme was composed of four choices: dominant (submissive), reciprocal, exploitative, and autoerotic (Garcia & Milano, 1991). The dominant (submissive) theme refers to the situation where one participant controls the sexual act physically.…”