Youth Viewing Sexually Explicit Material Online: Addressing the Elephant on the Screen

“Without Porn … I Wouldn't Know Half the Things I Know Now”: A Qualitative Study of Pornography Use Among a Sample of Urban, Low-Income, Black and Hispanic Youth

“…Our finding that youth imitate what they see in pornography is consistent with at least one prior study of 51 pornography-viewing youth who reported that they copied what they saw in pornography when they had sex (Smith, 2013), and a quantitative study that found that 63% of a sample of college students reported learning new sexual techniques from pornography (Trostle, 2003). In the present study using pornography as a model for sexual activity had negative consequences for some females in the sample who reported being “stunned” by pain from anal sex, feeling forced to have sex in an uncomfortable position, not enjoying sex, or faking sexual response.…”

“…The results of these studies may not be generalizable to non-college-attending or U.S. youth, because it has been established that adolescent sexual behavior varies by nation, age, gender, and culture (Baumgartner, Sumter, Peter, Valkenburg, & Livingstone, 2014; Brown & L'Engle, 2009; Brown et al, 2006; Eisenman & Dantzker, 2006; Hald et al, 2013; Meston & Ahrold, 2010). Thus, there have been calls for additional information about U.S. adolescent pornography use (Smith, 2013), and for pornography research from more diverse populations of adolescents (Lofgren-Martenson & Mansson, 2010). …”

Young Australians' use of pornography and associations with sexual risk behaviours

“…Interventions such as age verification software, internet filtering software and parental monitoring may play a role in reducing casual or accidental exposure to pornography, particularly among younger children. However, these methods are not likely to be effective in stopping a motivated young person from accessing pornography 2,43 …”

Comportamiento sexual online en adultos mayores

“…También llama la atención que la frecuencia con la que el cibersexo se emplea para la búsqueda de información sexual, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que los participantes oscilaban entre los 60 y los 70 años. En adolescentes, es frecuente que el cibersexo se emplee como medio para adquirir nuevos conocimientos (principalmente, posturas, técnicas y estrategias para incrementar la satisfacción sexual de sus parejas) (Smith, 2013) mientras que en adultos, el interés podría deberse más bien a una necesidad por incrementar unos conocimientos sexuales muy rudimentarios que serían el resultado de una deficitaria educación sexual durante el periodo escolar y principio de su vida adulta. También destaca la frecuencia con la que estos hombres y mujeres emplean Internet para contactar con otros usuarios con fines románticos pero sobre todo sexuales (búsqueda en páginas web de contactos, respuesta a anuncios sexuales, contactos a través de chat/webcam o búsqueda de trabajadores/as sexuales).…”