Pornography and Public Health

With unique academic insights, Pornography and Public Health avoids moralizing to argue that we can take steps to minimize possible harms from pornography while simultaneously protecting sexual liberty and promoting respect for pornography performers.

Pornography, also known as sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal, has been hailed by many as a growing public health crisis. Multiple states have now passed resolutions declaring pornography a harm to individual and collective health for inciting epidemics of sexual assault, human trafficking, and compulsive use. But research on the impact of pornography reveals a complicated story behind the straightforward narrative of abuse, including the repression of sex positive materials in the pursuit of pornographic containment.

Pornography and Public Health uses a rigorous evidence-based approach to explore the positive and negative effects of pornography on public health, revealing how pornography came to be considered a public health crisis despite the lack of US governmental support. While pornographic content varies widely, this book provides a holistic overview of the people who view pornography, what they are most likely to see, how content has c

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Rothman, Emily F.

ISBN:

978-0-19-007547-7

Specialty:

• Patient Education
• Community Health & Disease Prevention
• Health Policy

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

264

Publication Year:

2021

Doody Core Title Score:

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• Systematic Reviews to Answer Health Care Questions