Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Online porn does not influence teen sexual behaviour?

In my FRESH courses I make a point of discussing porn and the impact on teen brains and behaviour. All of the information I have used for this - and in fact have passed on indicatres that there are some destructive forces at work  regarding the links between viewing porn and teen behaviour. Well...

Researchers have found that viewing sexually explicit content on the internet or in magazines as a teenager does not influence sexual behavior as much as people think, according to a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

It was believed by many that viewing sexually explicit content could have a negative impact on the sexual behaviors of teenagers. However, not enough research was carried out to come to any concrete conclusions.

GO HERE to read more. I would welcome your comments.
You can also go here to here a recording of Dr Sven Axel manson talking at the Kinsey Institute re young people and pornopgraphy.

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