Porn Research: Fact or Fiction?- Gary Wilson from Center On Sexual Exploitation on Vimeo.
In this 2018 presentation Gary Wilson exposes the truth behind 5 studies propagandists cite to support their assertions that porn addiction doesn’t exist and that porn use is mostly beneficial: Gary Wilson – Porn Research: Fact or Fiction?
In this presentation Wilson debunks four often-repeated talking points, which can found in nearly every article trying to debunk either porn as a public health problem or porn addiction:
- Porn addiction doesn’t exist
- Using porn is good for your relationship
- Porn use leads to more egalitarian attitudes towards women
- Porn use provides many benefits and very few drawbacks
The questionable and misleading studies cited to support the above talking points (in order of presentation):
- Sexual Desire, not Hypersexuality, is Related to Neurophysiological Responses Elicited by Sexual Images (Steele et al., 2013)
- Modulation of Late Positive Potentials by Sexual Images in Problem Users and Controls Inconsistent with “Porn Addiction” (Prause et al., 2015)
- Perceived Effects of Pornography on the Couple Relationship: Initial Findings of Open-Ended, Participant-Informed, “Bottom-Up” Research (2016), Taylor Kohut, William A. Fisher, Lorne Campbell
- Does Viewing Explain Doing? Assessing the Association Between Sexually Explicit Materials Use and Sexual Behaviors in a Large Sample of Dutch Adolescents and Young Adults (2013), Gert Martin Hald, Lisette Kuyper, Philippe C.G. Adam, John B.F. de Wit.
- Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography Consumption (2008), Hald GM, Malamuth NM
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