Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography
2021/03/18 by Fiona Vera‐Gray, Fiona Vera-Gray, Clare McGlynn +2 · 2 voices · 112 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child pornography #Computer science #Criminology #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Law #Mainstream #Normative #Political science #Pornography #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Sex work and related issues #Sexual violence #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Sociology #The Internet #World Wide Web
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/bjc/azab035
published in The British Journal of Criminology 61(5), 1243-1260 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2021/03/18 · openalex created_date 2021/04/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract
Abstract This article examines the ways in which mainstream pornography positions sexual violence as a normative sexual script by analysing the video titles found on the landing pages of the three most popular pornography websites in the United Kingdom. The study draws on the largest research sample of online pornographic content to date and is unique in its focus on the content immediately advertised to a new user. We found that one in eight titles shown to first-time users on the first page of mainstream porn sites describe sexual activity that constitutes sexual violence. Our findings raise serious questions about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream pornography websites and the efficacy of current regulatory mechanisms.
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