Pornography use is one of the factors that has been proposed to be associated with
violence. We aimed to explore the literature of the last 20 years, with the objective of …

Sexual objectification (treating a person as a body or collection of body parts) involves a
cultural prioritizing of women's sexual appearance and appeal over other attributes. Sexual …

A landmark publication in the social sciences, Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most
comprehensive textbook to explore gender sociologically, as a critical and fundamental …

In this article, we call for a more concerted effort to understand the ways in which
pornography might be used in, and contribute to, intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) …

Gendered sexual scripts reflect the culture's expectations for how women and men interact
in courtship and romantic relationships. These expectations prioritize passivity and …

Many researchers interested In the socializing effects of pornography have found heuristic
utility in the sexual script acquisition, activation, application model (3AM) of mediated sexual …

It is a growing concern that the use of sex dolls and robots could affect human sexuality. This
concern has led to a ban of child-like sex dolls in several countries and a call to ban adult …

Many studies indicate that rape-supportive beliefs persist and influence sexually aggressive
behaviors and hostility toward women. Despite the plethora of studies, cross-cultural …

The prevalence of rape myths, or false beliefs about rape that blame victims of sexual
violence and excuse perpetrators of sexual violence, has been documented throughout a …

The Dark Tetrad is a cluster of four “dark” personality traits which are socially aversive, with
distinct conceptual roots, but which are intercorrelated: narcissism, psychopathy …