Figueiredo, Isabela Motta. “A pornografia e o processo de desumanização de parceiros sexuais.” PhD diss., 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20095
Abstract
The role of pornography use in different processes is not consistent, especially regarding interpersonal relationships. If on the one hand research has shown an association with the desire to be close to the partner and a better assessment of one’s sexual abilities; on the other hand, it also demonstrated an association with discrimination, violence and objectification of other people. Following these latest evidences, the present work was framed in the Dehumanization Theory and aimed to analyze the extent to which people who use pornography dehumanize their sexual partners (ie, they attribute more primary than secondary emotions to their partner). In a correlational study, 266 participants (78.2% women; MAge = 30.79, SD = 8.89) responded to demographics, whether or not they were in a relationship, whether or not they used online pornography and how much they attributed primary and secondary emotions to their sexual partners. The results showed that people who consume pornography dehumanize their sexual partners but only when they are not in a romantic relationship. These results are relevant because dehumanization has severe consequences such as discrimination, violence, harsher punishments and prosocial behavior inhibition. Once we know when it happens, we have the chance to create strategies to neutralize it.
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