2010/10/01 by Ana J. Bridges, Robert Wosnitzer, Erica Scharrer +2 · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · Medicine · #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Sex work and related issues #Aggression #Pornography #Psychology #Social psychology #Poison control #Developmental psychology #Pleasure #Medicine #Medical emergency
paper · doi:10.1177/1077801210382866
openalex publication_date 2010/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/18
This current study analyzes the content of popular pornographic videos, with the objectives of updating depictions of aggression, degradation, and sexual practices and comparing the study's results to previous content analysis studies. Findings indicate high levels of aggression in pornography in both verbal and physical forms. Of the 304 scenes analyzed, 88.2% contained physical aggression, principally spanking, gagging, and slapping, while 48.7% of scenes contained verbal aggression, primarily name-calling. Perpetrators of aggression were usually male, whereas targets of aggression were overwhelmingly female. Targets most often showed pleasure or responded neutrally to the aggression.