Watching porn does not cause negative attitudes toward women, contentious Canadian study finds

Yet another academic study has cast doubt on a commonly made accusation against pornography: that it causes misogynistic attitudes. This accusation is often thrown to imply that porn leads to sexual violence – although many studies have already dismissed this idea.

For entertainment value, the quotes from comedy anti-sex feminist Gail Dines are worth reading. Among other things, she’s concerned that people might be having threesomes.

Many fans of pornography might even be ‘useful allies’ in women’s struggles for equality in work, income and public office, the researchers argue

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3 thoughts on “Watching porn does not cause negative attitudes toward women, contentious Canadian study finds

  1. If women are prepared, of their own free will, to engage in the kind of activity Gail Dines describes, that is their decision and nobody else’s business. The comment from Christopher Ferguson that if porn were going to ruin society it’s had 20 years to do it and it hasn’t happened is very apposite.

    1. Plodding, petty-authoritarian academics like Dines don’t recognise individual free will, taking the collectivist view that people belong to particular demographics acted upon by forces outside of themselves, rather than being conscious actors in a wider society.

  2. What I have noticed over the passed thirty years is how porn has intergrated so much with the mainstream media. I’ve seen porn actresses get interviews on MSNBC and ABC News and write articles for the Huffington Post. They also seem to be the staple fodder for reality shows these days

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