Daughters Book 3: The Lure of Pornography: Volume 3

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an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breasts or genitals, or Analysis of the ways in which some participants described their clients’ consumption of pornography illustrated two key processes, which then shape and facilitate harmful sexual attitudes and behaviours. The first was a process of desensitisation and escalation, whereby individuals need increasingly more hardcore and taboo content to feel stimulated and pornography consumption becomes addictive. The second was a process of detachment and compartmentalisation, where individuals mentally separate their online selves from their offline selves. This detachment means that they are unable to critically assess the harmful narratives in pornography as these are seen to have little to no relevance to their ‘real’ lives. Although not the case for all, several Frontline Workers stated that they have worked with clients where, although the clients believed that there was a clear demarcation between their online and offline selves, there had been spill-over from online behaviours to behaviours in their ‘real’, offline lives. Participants reported that their clients’ harmful behaviours towards women and girls reflected narratives common to pornography Price, J. et al. (2016). How much more XXX is Generation X consuming? Evidence of changing attitudes and behaviors related to pornography since 1973. Across the range of Frontline Workers interviewed, it was evident that not all clients experience this process of detachment and escalation of pornography use, and the resulting behaviours to the same extent.

The media tends to portray sex and sexuality as heterosexual and presents a narrow range of options, while porn offers a person the opportunity to seek out more inclusive options. Destigmatizing sex

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The prevalence of violence in pornography normalises it… adds to the expectation that women like violence. [footnote 22] Specific sexual acts are commonplace Closing thoughts: their reflection on what could be done to combat harmful sexual behaviours, and a summary in their own words of the impact of pornography on attitudes and behaviours towards women and girls We tend to see beliefs like an entitlement to sex. A belief that you should be able to get what you want, when you want it [footnote 2]

what factors (this could be anything at all) do you think have contributed to these attitudes and behaviours? (Key question to spend time on. Refer to specific attitudes and behaviours discussed.) Now that we have mapped out a range of influencing factors on harmful attitudes and behaviours, we’d like to focus on the role of pornography. By pornography, we are specifically referring to any media (including: internet, books, videos, magazines etc.) intended to sexually arouse consumers through the depiction of nudity or explicit sexual behaviour. We are primarily interested in legal pornography - so not things like child pornography - but we are interested to hear your perspective on the influence of different types of porn. do frontline staff see a connection between the consumption of pornography and negative or harmful behaviour towards women and girls?Park, B. Y., et al. (2016). Is Internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports. Irrespective of the intensity of the misogyny, male peer culture can be problematic because there are (usually) no counternarratives to the male sexual domination that is repeated in their various social environments. Strict gender norms in the community I’d now like to do a little exercise with you. Could you think of a specific client that ‘typifies’ the broader audience you work with and some of the examples we’ve been talking about. Keep them in mind. We understand that you do not have sight of everything that goes on in your clients’ lives, but we want you to note down what you know to be true and what you’d expect from your experience.

Reader advisory: Please note this report contains content of a sensitive nature, including references to explicit content and descriptions of sexual violence. Executive summary Introduction to the research, detailing that this is a project funded by the Government Equalities OfficeMedical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws only from peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We avoid using tertiary references. We link primary sources — including studies, scientific references, and statistics — within each article and also list them in the resources section at the bottom of our articles. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. probe all factors that come up: what it means exactly, what harmful attitudes or behaviours they are impacting, and how they might be doing so

For example, Rape Prevention Training Manager, Relationship Therapist, Psychotherapist (sexual offenders) (A) - others? ↩However, despite the men’s own compartmentalisation of their attitudes and behaviours, several Frontline Workers challenged the clear demarcation made by clients between online and offline worlds, giving examples of individuals that they had worked with for whom their online self “leaks into real-life” [footnote 33] – such that potentially harmful attitudes and behaviours manifest themselves in the offline world. As such, what was perceived by clients to be the compartmentalisation of their attitudes and behaviours is not necessarily the case. Furthermore, it was considered that this may have a detrimental effect in that it was seen to hinder individuals from holistically and critically assessing their attitudes and behaviours towards women. 4. The interaction of pornography and other key factors influencing harmful sexual behaviours