The study is published in the Journal of Sex Research.
People usually get hysterical about watching porn, but the question is: does pornography really degrade women? Turns out it doesn't. A new Western University study found that those who watch (legal, consensual, human, adult) porn are more likely to treat women as equals and are more likely to identify as feminists than those who don't, the Daily Mail reported.
The research used data from a large-scale study, which interviewed more than 24,000 randomly selected people across the US between 1975 and 2010. Interestingly, when it came to men, the biggest differences between users and non-users were in their views of women in power and abortion, with those who used pornography showing more positive attitudes.
The same was true of women in the study as they showed more positive views than non-users, followed by their more positive attitude towards abortion. The authors explained that in contrast to radical feminist theory concerning the impact of pornography on gender inequality, the current study found no support for the proposition that pornography is associated with holding attitudes supportive of gender non-egalitarianism.
The study is published in the Journal of Sex Research.
Revealed: Sanskari India's porn-viewing habit
We might not have highest GDP, or a whole lot of Olympic medals, but India’s porn viewing habits (despite the lack of digital penetration, pun intended) would make any desi proud and in 2015, India overtook Canada to reach the 3rd spot in the number of visitors. This is weirdly prophetic when you consider the fact that Sunny Leone is actually from Canada and has made India her home, where she continues to dominate Google search results. Incidentally, this occurred in the year when the Indian government banned porn for a while and felt the wrath of everyone across the political spectrum for daring to toy with things that they hold dear. Also, the Ashley Madison data from earlier this year revealed that 1.5 lakh Indians were logged onto the adultery website.
Globally, Uncle Sam still maintains the top spot, accounting for 41% of the total traffic while our former colonial rulers, the British are at number 2 spot. India, as we mentioned is third, while Japan and Philippines are notable climbers reaching 12th and 16th respectively. Read the complete report.
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