Further findings on the self-esteem front: “Pornography Actresses: An Assessment of the Damaged Goods Hypothesis,” James D. Griffith, Sharon Mitchell, Christian L. Hart, Lea T. Adams and Lucy L. Gu, Journal of Sex Research, epub November 20, 2012. The authors explain: “The damaged goods hypothesis posits that female performers in the adult entertainment industry have […]
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Pornography: cause & effect (technical)
Yes, non-engineers of the world, engineers do both seek and find excitement in their work. Patchen Barss has researched and written a book — called The Erotic Engine — about how passion drove technological innovation to greater heights. Barss says: Pornography built the hidden infrastructure of the Internet. Without pornography, cable television and the VCR […]
Keating’s pornography research
Charles Keating, an American financier whose accomplishments later came under intense public investigation, conducted an intense public investigation of pornography. Keating distilled his findings into this video. It remains a model for researchers who would like to emulate the Keating method of analysis and exposition:
Simon Louis Lajeunesse and the seekers
Some men seek porn. Other men seek men who don’t seek porn. Or so they say. Both claims are evident or inferable in a University of Montreal press release, which begins: A Université de Montréal researcher, funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, has launched a new study to […]