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Brennan J. Going Bareback: Time and Aging in a Gay-for-Pay Porn Career. SEXUALITY & CULTURE 2021; 26:373-396. [PMID: 34305388 PMCID: PMC8286046 DOI: 10.1007/s12119-021-09897-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This article explores a critical moment of going bareback in the career of arguably the biggest gay porn performer of the 2010s, Johnny Rapid. The analysis reveals a decidedly negative reception of Rapid, the promotion of bareback as event, and the quality of the bareback performance itself, all of which I read in accordance with what these narratives have to tell us about bareback at the time. Yet I also take the opportunity-writing several years after this critical moment in Rapid's career-to reflect on the success of the campaign. I read the case study in line with the concept of time, which has particular resonance with bareback. Through this reflection, I arrive at the conclusion that the time was right for an aging twink performer to be freshened-up by a transition to bareback-similar transitions of which have become widespread across the gay porn landscape in the intervening years between the 2015 Johnny Rapid Goes Bareback event and the present day, thanks in no small part to advancements in HIV prevention technologies.
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Koletić G, Štulhofer A, Hald GM, Træen B. Self-Assessed Effects of Pornography Use on Personal Sex Life: Results from a Large-Scale Study of Norwegian Adults. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH 2021; 33:342-356. [PMID: 38595747 PMCID: PMC10903670 DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1918310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Objectives: The study explored characteristics associated with the self-assessed effects of pornography use on one's personal sex life. Methods: Data were collected in a probability-based sample of Norwegian adults (n = 4,160). Results: Most participants (41.3%) did not believe that pornography affected their sex life. More participants reported positive (33.2%) than mixed/negative (25.5%) effects of pornography use. Sociodemographic and sexual characteristics that predicted these self-assessments were examined. Among participants in a steady relationship, emotional intimacy and relationship satisfaction were unrelated to the self-assessed effects. Conclusions: The current study findings add to scant literature about the self-assessed effects of pornography usage.
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- Goran Koletić
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Courtice EL, Shaughnessy K, Blom K, Asrat Y, Daneback K, Döring N, Grov C, Byers ES. Young Adults' Qualitative Self-Reports of Their Outcomes of Online Sexual Activities. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2021; 11:303-320. [PMID: 34708815 PMCID: PMC8314359 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe11020023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Online sexual activities (OSA) refer to Internet-based activities, behaviours, and materials that are sexual in nature. Many young adults engage in OSA, but report doing so infrequently. Most OSA outcome research has focused on negative effects of only some types of OSA (e.g., viewing pornography online). The goal of this study was to enhance knowledge on the range of OSA outcomes by qualitatively exploring young adults' self-reported negative and positive outcomes from OSA experiences generally. University/College students from Canada (n = 246), Germany (n = 411), Sweden (n = 299), and the USA (n = 123) completed an online survey that included open-ended questions about "one of the most positive/negative effects that engaging in online sexual activities has had on your life". More participants provided positive outcome responses than negative outcome responses. Qualitative analysis of the responses suggested a wide range of positive and negative outcome content that fit into seven bi-polar, higher-order themes: No Outcomes, Relationship Outcomes, Sexual Experience, Emotional Outcomes, Knowledge, Personal Outcomes, and Security. We found no variations in themes or their respective codes across the four countries. The findings suggests that researchers, educators, health care and psychology providers need to include multiple dimensions of positive and negative, personal and interpersonal, sexual and non-sexual OSA outcomes in their work.
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +613-562-5800 (ext. 8701)
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- Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden; (K.B.); (K.D.)
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- Department of Psychology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada;
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- Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden; (K.B.); (K.D.)
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- Institute of Media and Communication Science, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ehrenbergstraße 29, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany;
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- Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY 10027, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada;
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Fülöp F, Bőthe B, Gál É, Cachia JYA, Demetrovics Z, Orosz G. A two-study validation of a single-item measure of relationship satisfaction: RAS-1. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-00727-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AbstractResearch addressing relationship satisfaction is a constantly growing area in the social sciences. The aim of the present investigation was to examine the similarities and differences between the seven-item Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) and the single-item measure of relationship satisfaction (RAS-1), using proximal and distal constructs as correlates. Two studies using two independent samples were conducted, assessing more proximal constructs, such as love and sex mindset in Study 1 (N = 380; female = 195) and more distant ones, such as loneliness and problematic pornography use in Study 2 (N = 703; female = 360). Structural equation modeling revealed that love (βRAS-1 = .55; p < .01; βRAS = .71; p < .01), sex mindset beliefs (βRAS-1 = .18; p < .01; βRAS = .13; p < .01) and loneliness (βRAS-1 = −.35; p < .01; βRAS = −.37; p < .01) had significant positive and negative associations with RAS and RAS-1, respectively; while problematic pornography use did not. These results suggest that RAS-1 may be an equally adequate instrument for measuring relationship satisfaction as the RAS with respect to proximal and distal correlates. Thus, RAS-1 is recommended to be used in large-scale studies when the number of items is limited.
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Gleason N, Sprankle E. The effects of pornography on sexual minority men’s body image: an experimental study. PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2019.1637924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Neil Gleason
- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, USA
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Miller DJ, Kidd G, Hald GM. Measuring Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography: A Short-Form Version of the Pornography Consumption Effects Scale. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2019; 48:753-761. [PMID: 30324269 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-018-1327-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The Pornography Consumption Effects Scale (PCES) is a 47-item measure of self-perceived effects of pornography use. While the PCES is frequently used in the pornography research literature, its length may limit its applicability in some research situations. This study investigated if a short-form version of the PCES could be created for use with heterosexual men. The study employed an online sample of 312 self-identified heterosexual men. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to produce a 14-item version of the PCES. This short-form PCES (PCES-SF) showed excellent psychometric properties in terms of reliability, concurrent validity with the long-form PCES, and discriminant validity with respect to social desirability. Similar to the full-length PCES, the PCES-SF generates both an overall positive effect score and an overall negative effect score.
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- Dan J Miller
- Department of Psychology, College of Healthcare Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia.
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- Department of Psychology, College of Healthcare Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Clinic of Sexology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bőthe B, Tóth-Király I, Demetrovics Z, Orosz G. The pervasive role of sex mindset: Beliefs about the malleability of sexual life is linked to higher levels of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction and lower levels of problematic pornography use. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Corneau S, Beaulieu-Prévost D, Bernatchez K, Beauchemin M. Gay male pornography: a study of users’ perspectives. PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2017.1360931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Simon Corneau
- Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Joseph Brennan
- Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Hald GM, Štulhofer A. What Types of Pornography Do People Find Arousing and Do They Cluster? Assessing Types and Categories of Pornography in a Large-Scale Online Sample. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH 2016; 53:849-59. [PMID: 26445007 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1065953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Previous research on exposure to different types of pornography has primarily relied on analyses of millions of search terms and histories or on user exposure patterns within a given time period rather than the self-reported frequency of consumption. Further, previous research has almost exclusively relied on theoretical or ad hoc overarching categorizations of different types of pornography, when investigating patterns of pornography exposure, rather than latent structure analyses of these exposure patterns. In contrast, using a large sample of 18- to 40-year-old heterosexual and nonheterosexual Croatian men and women, this study investigated the self-reported frequency of using 27 different types of pornography and statistically explored their latent structures. The results showed substantial differences in consumption patterns across gender and sexual orientation. However, latent structure analyses of the 27 different types of pornography assessed suggested that although several categories of consumption were gender and sexual orientation specific, common categories across the different types of pornography could be established. Based on this finding, a five-item scale was proposed to indicate the use of nonmainstream (paraphilic) pornographic content, as this type of pornography has often been targeted in previous research. To the best of our knowledge, no similar measurement tool has been proposed before.
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- Gert Martin Hald
- a Department of Public Health , University of Copenhagen and Clinic of Sexology, Copenhagen University Hospital
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- b Sexology Unit, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences , University of Zagreb
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Galos DL, Smolenski DJ, Grey JA, Iantaffi A, Rosser BS. Preferred aspects of sexually explicit media among men who have sex with men: where do condoms fit in? PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY 2015; 6:147-165. [PMID: 26085898 PMCID: PMC4465808 DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2013.851108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Sexually explicit media (SEM) is viewed by many men who have sex with men (MSM) and is widely available via the Internet. Though research has investigated the link between SEM and sexual risk behaviour, little has been published about preferences for characteristics of SEM. In an Internet-based cross-sectional study, 1390 adult MSM completed an online survey about their preferences for nine characteristics of SEM and ranked them in order of importance. Respondents preferred free, Internet-based, anonymous SEM portraying behaviours they would do. Cost and looks were the most important characteristics of SEM to participants, while condom use and sexual behaviours themselves were least important. Results suggest that while participants may have preferences for specific behaviours and condom use, these are not the most salient characteristics of SEM to consumers when choosing.
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- Dylan L. Galos
- HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies (HIPS) Program, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies (HIPS) Program, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies (HIPS) Program, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies (HIPS) Program, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Bishop CJ. ‘Cocked, locked and ready to fuck?’: a synthesis and review of the gay male pornography literature. PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2014.983739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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