Morehead State University
Implications and Student Perceptions of Contemporary Pornography: STUDY 1 (Jacques): Contemporary Pornography in America
Institution
Morehead State University
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Bernadette Barton; Elizabeth Perkins
Abstract
Pornography is a rapidly evolving sector of the sex industry. As technology changes and pornography becomes more accessible, new levels are pursued by its creators to draw in audiences who seek to push the limit to more extreme content. Pornography affects more than just its traditional consumers, however. The media has become increasingly filled with sexualized content, much of which can easily be considered soft-core pornography. A look into mainstream pornography itself shows common themes which are not only degrading and violent—typically towards women—but also promoting unsafe health standards by which to express sexuality both physically and mentally. As trends in mainstream pornography move to commercials, movies, television and more, these unsafe and unhealthy sexual behaviors are normalized and woven in to everyday life. Implications of such normalization of unhealthy behavior are vast for both men and women; however the topic of pornography is stigmatized by a complex cultural veil and is rarely openly discussed. The discussion must begin for these issues to be addressed.
Implications and Student Perceptions of Contemporary Pornography: STUDY 1 (Jacques): Contemporary Pornography in America
Pornography is a rapidly evolving sector of the sex industry. As technology changes and pornography becomes more accessible, new levels are pursued by its creators to draw in audiences who seek to push the limit to more extreme content. Pornography affects more than just its traditional consumers, however. The media has become increasingly filled with sexualized content, much of which can easily be considered soft-core pornography. A look into mainstream pornography itself shows common themes which are not only degrading and violent—typically towards women—but also promoting unsafe health standards by which to express sexuality both physically and mentally. As trends in mainstream pornography move to commercials, movies, television and more, these unsafe and unhealthy sexual behaviors are normalized and woven in to everyday life. Implications of such normalization of unhealthy behavior are vast for both men and women; however the topic of pornography is stigmatized by a complex cultural veil and is rarely openly discussed. The discussion must begin for these issues to be addressed.