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Article: Exploring the Connection Between Pornography and Sexual Violence
- Article from:
- Violence and Victims
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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This article examines the relationship between sexual violence and pornography. Data about women's experiences of sexual violence and their abusers' use of pornography were collected at a rape crisis center from 100 survivors. Findings include that 28% of respondents reported that their abuser used pornography and that for 12% of the women, pornography was imitated during the abusive incident. The effects of pornography on women's experiences of sexual violence are discussed.
Since pornography became increasingly available throughout the 1960's and 1970's in the United States, the effects of such materials have been largely debated by politicians, religious leaders, activists, and ...