The relationship between consumption of pornography and consensual sexual practice: Results of a mixed method systematic review

McKee, A; Litsou, K; Byron, P; Ingham, R

The relationship between consumption of pornography and consensual sexual practice: Results of a mixed method systematic review

McKee, A

Litsou, K Byron, P

Ingham, R

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Publisher:: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, pp. e20210010-e20210010

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dc.contributor.author	McKee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0577-2061
dc.contributor.author	Litsou, K
dc.contributor.author	Byron, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-3060
dc.contributor.author	Ingham, R
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-24T00:31:34Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-24T00:31:34Z
dc.identifier.citation	The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, pp. e20210010-e20210010
dc.identifier.issn	1188-4517
dc.identifier.issn	2291-7063
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150676
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p> This article reports on the findings of a systematic review of literature on pornography use and sexual consent published between January 2000 and December 2017. The review found that there exists little research explicitly addressing consent. There exists an extensive literature on the relationship between the consumption of pornography and sexual aggression/violence; however, this work fails to distinguish between consensual (kink, spanking, BDSM) and nonconsensual acts (sexual harassment and rape). Our thematic analysis found that there is no agreement in the literature reviewed as to whether consumption of pornography is correlated with better or worse understandings or practices of sexual consent. The majority of articles that identified correlations between aspects of sexual health and pornography consumption incorrectly assigned causality to pornography consumption. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100808
dc.relation.ispartof	The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3138/cjhs.2021-0010
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.title	The relationship between consumption of pornography and consensual sexual practice: Results of a mixed method systematic review
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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utslib.copyright.embargo	2022-09-07T00:00:00+1000Z
dc.date.updated	2021-09-24T00:31:33Z
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Abstract:

This article reports on the findings of a systematic review of literature on pornography use and sexual consent published between January 2000 and December 2017. The review found that there exists little research explicitly addressing consent. There exists an extensive literature on the relationship between the consumption of pornography and sexual aggression/violence; however, this work fails to distinguish between consensual (kink, spanking, BDSM) and nonconsensual acts (sexual harassment and rape). Our thematic analysis found that there is no agreement in the literature reviewed as to whether consumption of pornography is correlated with better or worse understandings or practices of sexual consent. The majority of articles that identified correlations between aspects of sexual health and pornography consumption incorrectly assigned causality to pornography consumption.

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