Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) Newsgroups: net.books,net.women Subject: RE: Re: Social Effects of Porn Message-ID: <194@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 14:58:55 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.194 Posted: Wed Jan 23 14:58:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jan-85 05:20:15 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 36 Xref: watmath net.books:1312 net.women:4266 >From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) >Newsgroups: net.books,net.women >Subject: Re: Social Effects of Porn >Message-ID: <210@mhuxr.UUCP> > >Re: Article <4614@cbssc.UUCP>, Social effects of porn > >the display of violence and aggression. I wonder if there is research >on the effects on aggressive behavior of aggression in media, e.g. >advertising, movies, books, etc. Does viewing, say, "Dirty Harry" or >"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" *also* increase aggressive tendencies, >and if so, by the same amount? This would remove the display of >sexuality from the equation. While I don't have precise references at my fingertips, or time to look them up, I can tell you that there are dozens, maybe hundreds, of published research papers to the effect that watching violent behavior on television and in movies increases the tendency to violence in the watcher. To my knowledge, there are no published studies showing that watching non-violent sex has a similar effect. Such studies have been done, but the results were not statistically significant with respect to violence. Watching non- violent sex does have some effects, but increased tendency to violence isn't one of them. As I recall, a _decreased_ sex-drive is one of the effects of prolonged exposure to non-violent pornography. P.S.: For those who demand some authority for everything, I acquired the above information while earning a Master's degree in clinical psychology. -- ============================================================================== The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI If thy CRT offend thee, pluck 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. it out and cast it from thee. Santa Monica, California 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {vortex,philabs}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe