EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY ON RELATIONSHIPS
Title: Pornography and Relationship Damage Research Results
Publication: Morality In Media
Author: Mary Anne Layden, Ph.D.
Date: 12/13/2013
Adult exposure to pornographic media is connected with:
1. Greater acceptance of sex before marriage
2. Having more sex partners
3. Rating their partners as less attractive
4. Being less satisfied with their partners sexual performance
5. Greater desire for sex without emotional involvement
6. More sex callousness
7. Trying to get partners to act out scenes from pornographic films
8. Increasing their estimates of how often people engage in sex with animals
9. Increasing their estimates of how often people engage in sex with violence
10. Increasing their estimates of how often people engage in sex in groups
11. Going to prostitutes
12. Greater acceptance of sex outside of marriage for married individuals
13. More likely to have an affair
14. Using more sexual terms to describe women
15. Reduced support for the women’s liberation movement
16. Less child centeredness during marriage
17. Reduced desire for female children
18. Believing that you don’t need to restrict pornography from children
19. More alcohol use
20. More binge drinking
21. Engaging in more behavioral aggression
22. Engaging in marital rape
Click here for the studies supporting these points.
About the Author: Laura M. Brotherson, LMFT, CST, CFLE
Laura M. Brotherson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, Author and Founder of "The Marital Intimacy Institute" with a mission to help couples create "sextraordinary" marriages. She counsels with individuals, couples and families in private practice (and online) and is passionate about helping couples navigate the intricacies of intimacy. She is a pioneer in the field of healthy sexuality especially for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and is a trusted expert on this delicate topic.
Laura shares her passion for building strong marriages and families as the author of the best-selling books, And They Were Not Ashamed — Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment, Knowing HER Intimately: 12 Keys for Creating a Sextraordinary Marriage, and her latest book --From Honeymoon to Happily Ever After: 23 Keys to Prepare for a Sextraordinary Marriage. with nearly 100,000 total copies sold. She also has a fabulous online course for women to help them develop their "Sexual Wholeness."
As a Certified Family Life Educator, Laura is also actively engaged in helping to build strong marriages and families by providing marriage education through Couples Cruises, articles, newsletters, radio and television broadcasts, "The Marital Intimacy Show" podcasts, and presenting at conferences and workshops. Laura is a regular contributor to the KSL Television "Studio 5" morning show.
She and her husband, Kevin, have been married 29 years, have three grown children and are the founders of "StrengtheningMarriage.com" — your trusted resource for education, products and services to strengthen marriages… intimately!
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