Pornography, erotica, and attitudes toward women: The effects of repeated exposure

Love, Suspense, Sex, and Violence: Men’s and Women’s Film Predilections, Exposure to Sexually Violent Media, and their Relationship to Rape Myth Acceptance

“…More recent work has shown similar results (Emmers-Sommer, Triplett, Pauley, Hanzal, & Rhea, 2005). Other researchers, however, have argued that sexually explicit material, such as pornography, does not cause negative attitudes toward women (Padgett, Brislin-Slutz, & Neal, 1989).…”

Men's interactions with women after viewing sexually explicit films: Does degradation make a difference?

“…Linz et al (1988) found that exposure to nonviolent pornography did not affect viewers' beliefs in traditional sex roles or their judgments of women as sexual objects. Similarly, after showing women and men non-aggressive sexual films or non-sexual films for five consecutive days, Padgett, Brislin-Slutz, and Neal (1989) detected no differences between the two groups of viewers' attitudes toward women and women's issues.…”

“…Selection of the stimuli and assessments of degradation have generally been made by the researchers themselves (e.g., Padgett et al, 1989;Weaver, 1987Weaver, , 1991Wyer, Bodenhausen, & Gorman, 1985;Zillmann & Bryant, 1982, 1984. Such subjective classifications have been debated by critics (Christensen, 1990).…”

The Use of Cyberpornography by Young Men in Hong Kong: Some Psychosocial Correlates

“…In the aggregation of experimental research concerning the possible effects of exposure to traditional forms of pornography, sexual aggression and sex-related attitudes have been repeatedly treated as the dependent variables (e.g., Barak & Fisher, 1997;Barak, Fisher, Belfry, & Lashambe, 1999;Jansma, Linz, Mulac, & Imrich, 1997;Padgett, Brislin-Slutz, & Neal, 1989;Zillman & Weaver, 1989). However, as reviewed by Fisher and Barak (2001), studies exploring the influence of Internet pornography are very limited.…”