USA Today reports on a survey of 813 students about attitudes to porn. The researchers have concluded that young people are more accepting of porn than their parents, seeing it as an “acceptable way to express sexuality.” Naturally the study has prompted much hand wringing about the terrible influence of internet porn.
Most headlines have focused on the idea that women are more accepting of porn, although apparently most of those interviewed didn’t actually use it much. The study found that:
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…only 31% of young women reported any viewing of pornography. Only 3.2% said they saw such material weekly or daily…
The men in the study reported watching it more often, with 86% of males having viewed porn in the last year.
The Inquirer brings us a rather salient point about this particular study and its participants. It was conducted by Brigham Young University which is a conservative Mormon university entirely owned by the Church of Latter Day Saints. Wikipedia says that 98% of all students there are Mormons.
So… essentially, your average young Mormon woman doesn’t have too much of an issue with porn, even if she’s not too inclined to use it regularly. It reminds me of the poll conducted in 2003 by evangelical magazine Today’s Christian Woman that found 34% of their female readers had accessed online porn.
See? Even the fine upstanding religious ladies like a bit of smut every now and again.
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i love when the stats match what i and others just simply know! specially for christian girls.
in touch,
holly