My apologies - I blipped over the fact you weren't citing a single study. Too hasty a read while preparing to head out to the gym. Will be more careful next time!
No worries, I definitely could have also simply cited way more studies. But that would be a truly monumental task, and I didn't fancy dedicating the rest of my day to KIPFIB.
A good debunking of badly-conceived academic research, but it begs one basic question: do men who (consciously or unconsciously) harbor pre-existing tendencies toward dehumanizing women tend to be those who watch a greater quantity of pornography? One study conducted nearly fifty years ago doesn't seem sufficient to answer this question. It would be excellent if properly-designed & controlled studies across many different nations could shed light on this important topic, especially as we're now in a world in which ultra-far-right Parties are gaining prominence everywhere, and they tend to be the most hostile to women's rights as human beings. Thanks for making more people aware of the issue!
"but it begs one basic question" Both. It creates the urge for violence, child abuse, incest etc where there is none to begin with due to the addictive nature of pornography requiring more extremes for the same high (diminishing returns), and it increases the urge in those already predisposed.
"One study conducted nearly fifty years" It's not one study, at all (even in the context of my article, I cited a multi-country meta-analysis i.e. a pooling of many different studies). It's just a particularly important study because it exposed men to pornography in a lab setting back when finding young men naive to pornography was still possible i.e. it's an experimental rather than observational study design.
In terms of not listing all the studies, it's because it would be as tedious and time consuming as listing all the research linking smoking to lung cancer. The question has been answered many, many times, and is self-evident besides. The idea that taking pleasure in abuse and objectification has no relationship to perpetrating abuse for the same pleasure would actually been far more surprising.
As ever, thanks for reading and your thoughtful comments.
My apologies - I blipped over the fact you weren't citing a single study. Too hasty a read while preparing to head out to the gym. Will be more careful next time!
No worries, I definitely could have also simply cited way more studies. But that would be a truly monumental task, and I didn't fancy dedicating the rest of my day to KIPFIB.
A good debunking of badly-conceived academic research, but it begs one basic question: do men who (consciously or unconsciously) harbor pre-existing tendencies toward dehumanizing women tend to be those who watch a greater quantity of pornography? One study conducted nearly fifty years ago doesn't seem sufficient to answer this question. It would be excellent if properly-designed & controlled studies across many different nations could shed light on this important topic, especially as we're now in a world in which ultra-far-right Parties are gaining prominence everywhere, and they tend to be the most hostile to women's rights as human beings. Thanks for making more people aware of the issue!
"but it begs one basic question" Both. It creates the urge for violence, child abuse, incest etc where there is none to begin with due to the addictive nature of pornography requiring more extremes for the same high (diminishing returns), and it increases the urge in those already predisposed.
"One study conducted nearly fifty years" It's not one study, at all (even in the context of my article, I cited a multi-country meta-analysis i.e. a pooling of many different studies). It's just a particularly important study because it exposed men to pornography in a lab setting back when finding young men naive to pornography was still possible i.e. it's an experimental rather than observational study design.
In terms of not listing all the studies, it's because it would be as tedious and time consuming as listing all the research linking smoking to lung cancer. The question has been answered many, many times, and is self-evident besides. The idea that taking pleasure in abuse and objectification has no relationship to perpetrating abuse for the same pleasure would actually been far more surprising.
As ever, thanks for reading and your thoughtful comments.