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Sex
porn vs erotic; aggression
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
03/24/2010

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Erotica
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Sexually explicit material without the degradation of women; equality between partners
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Porn
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Inequality between partners; violence against women, demeaning/degrading actions; content that includes children
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Obscenity
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Sexual content that is not protected by the 1st Amendment
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Obscenity test
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Average person applying community standards finds the work prurient; depicts sexual conduct offensively, specifically defined by the law; lacks serious artistic, scientific, literary or political value
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Content analysis and sexual content in the media
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Shows an overall increase in sex talk and behavior; R films, top grossing and soap operas all have increased; teens describe sexual activity on myspace with ID info
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Classical conditioning related to sex in the media
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Sexual arousal can be learned; non-rapists are aroused by women who appear to get pleasure from rape
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methods of measuring arousal
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Self reported sexual arousal; physiological arousal (heart rate, skin conductances, blood pressure); physiological sexual arousal
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Exposure to nonviolent sexual material-attitudes
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more accepting of premarital, extramarital sex; less satisfaction with real-life partners; less desire for children, marriage, monogamy
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Exposure to violent sexual media-attitudes
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more accepting of rape; rape myth; less empathy for rape victims
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Rape Myth
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No means yes; women are pleasured by rape
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Sex
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Exposure to violent sexual media; behavior
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less inhibited about performing the acts observed; more aggressive when provoked; slasher films desensitize men-they find films less degrading to women, more enjoyable, less offensive
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pornography in relation to aggression
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positive correlation between rape rates and porn mags
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desensitization studies
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men are less shocked by violent porn/slashers (less physiologically aroused, thought scenes were less degrading/violent)
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meta-analysis
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porn increases aggression in all viewers; affects are greater for angered subjects; increases aggression against male/female targets
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