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(Taylor & Shrive, 2021)
According to a UK survey of over 22,000 adult women, 16% reported having been forced or coerced to perform sex acts the other person had seen in porn.
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Fast Fact #67
(Skorska, Hodson, & Hoffarth, 2018; Zhou, Liu, Yan, & Paul, 2021)
Research shows that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to objectify and dehumanize others.
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Fast Fact #75
(Maddox, Rhoades, & Markman, 2011)
Research has shown that those who don’t consume porn report higher relationship quality—on every measure— than those who viewed pornography alone.
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Fast Fact #41
(Tylka, 2015; Owens, Behun, Manning, & Reid, 2012)
Porn consumption is associated with poorer body image.
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Fast Fact #20
(Harvey, 2020)
While many LGBTQ+ youth turn to porn to learn more about their own sexuality, porn often fetishizes, misrepresents, and exploits LGBTQ+ people in damaging ways.
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Fast Fact #81
(Hilton, 2013; Goodwin, Browne, & Rockloff, 2015)
Porn is considered a supernormal stimulus.
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Fast Fact #21
(Marston & Lewis, 2014)
Longitudinal, qualitative research has found that young people's narratives surrounding anal sex often encourage coercion, pain, and other risky behaviors, and that they often attribute these narratives to pornography, as it can normalize sexual behaviors and attitudes.
(Foubert & Bridges, 2017; Foubert, Brosi, & Bannon, 2011)
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
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Fast Fact #102
(Xian, Chock, & Dwiggins, 2017)
LGBTQ+ youth who are rejected because of their sexual orientation or gender identity are particularly vulnerable to potential psychological/emotional manipulation by traffickers or predators who may take advantage of them.
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  • Xian, K., Chock, S., & Dwiggins, D. (2017). LGBTQ youth and vulnerability to sex trafficking. In M. Chisolm-Straker, & H. Stoklosa (Eds.), Human trafficking is a public health issue: A paradigm expansion in the United States (pp. 141). Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47824-1 Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-47824-1.pdf
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Fast Fact #80
(Young, 2013; Nathanson, 2021)
Research has demonstrated that overcoming a pornography habit is absolutely possible, and that over time, pornography’s negative effects can be managed and largely reversed.
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  • Young K. S. (2013). Treatment outcomes using CBT-IA with Internet-addicted patients. Journal of behavioral addictions, 2(4), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1556/JBA.2.2013.4.3
  • Nathanson, A. (2021). Psychotherapy with young people addicted to internet pornography. Psychoanal. Study Child, 74(1), 160-173. doi:10.1080/00797308.2020.1859286
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