Pornography: Research Advances and Policy Considerations

Table of contents

• Communication ii
• Title Page v
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• References xvii
• I - Content, Uses, and Functions of Pornography 1
• 1 - The Manifest Content of Pornography 3
• References 22
• 2 - Uses of Pornography 25
• References 53
• 3 - Three Faces of Sexual Explicitness: The Good, the Bad, and the Useful 57
• References 85
• II - Asocial Consequences of Pornography Consumption 93
• 4 - Pornography and Men's Sexual Callousness Toward Women 95
• References 121
• 5 - Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography 127
• References 155
• 6 - Reported Proclivity for Coercive Sex Following Repeated Exposure to Sexually Violent Pornography, Nonviolent Dehumanizing Pornography, and Erotica 159
• References 182
• 7 - Pornography and Sex Offenders 185
• References 210
• 8 - The Effects on Juveniles of Being Used for Pornography and Prostitution 215
• References 234
• 9 - Child Pornography and Sex Rings 235
• References 254
• III - Corrective Information and the Role of Sex Education 257
• 10 - The Effects of Counter-Information on the Acceptance of Rape Myths 259
• References 285
• 11 - Sex Education as a Corrective: Immunizing Against Possible Effects of Pornography 289
• References 316
• IV - The Legal Debate Over Pornography Regulation 321
• 12 - The Legal Case for Restricting Pornography 323
• References 341
• 13 - The Case Against Censorship of Pornography 343
• V - Research Evidence and the Formation of Regulatory Policy 361
• 14 - Basing Legislative Action on Research Data: Prejudice, Prudence, and Empirical Limitations 363
• 15 - Pornography Research and Public Policy 387
• References 402
• Author Index 405
• Subject Index 415

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