This cross-sectional study
was designed to characterize the pornography viewing preferences of a sample of
U.S.-based, urban-residing, economically disadvantaged, primarily Black and
Hispanic youth (n = 72), and to assess whether pornography use was associated
with experiences of adolescent dating abuse (ADA) victimization.
The sample was
recruited from a large, urban, safety net hospital, and participants were 53%
female, 59% Black, 19% Hispanic, 14% Other race, 6% White, and 1% Native
American. All were 16-17 years old. More than half (51%) had been asked to
watch pornography together by a dating or sexual partner, and 44% had been
asked to do something sexual that a partner saw in pornography.
Adolescent
dating abuse (ADA) victimization was associated with more frequent pornography
use, viewing pornography in the company of others, being asked to perform a
sexual act that a partner first saw in pornography, and watching pornography
during or after marijuana use.
Approximately 50% of ADA victims and 32% of
non-victims reported that they had been asked to do a sexual act that their
partner saw in pornography (p = 0.15), and 58% did not feel happy to have been
asked.
Results suggest that weekly pornography use among underage,
urban-residing youth is common, and may be associated with ADA victimization.
By:
- 1Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Ave., Floor 4, Boston, MA 02118, USA. erothman@bu.edu.
- 2Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Building, Boston, MA 02115, USA. aba567@mail.harvard.edu.
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