ABSTRACT

Some scholars argue that the existence of pornography is an ongoing assault on women and that it should be banned. However, the existing evidence suggests the connection between pornography consumption and sexism is overstated and may actually run in the opposite direction. Using data from the General Social Survey (2010–2018), the current study investigated if “pornography consumption” and “pornography tolerance” predicted sexism and whether these associations varied by sex. Results indicated that pornography consumption predicted lower levels of sexism, although these effects were rendered nonsignificant with the inclusion of sociodemographic, religious, and sociocultural covariates. When comparing the results of the current study to findings based on data from the 1970s–1990s, it appears that pornography consumption is now irrelevant to sexism rather than promoting egalitarianism. Our analyses focusing on “pornography tolerance” revealed that people who supported regulated pornography were more egalitarian than people who supported a pornography ban. Generally, men were more likely to report sexist attitudes than women, but sex moderated the relationship that pornography variables had with sexism in several of the models. Overall, pornography consumption and pornography tolerance were either irrelevant in predicting sexism or were associated with greater egalitarianism.

摘要

一些学者认为，色情的存在是对女性的持续攻击，应该被禁止。然而，现有证据表明色情消费和性别歧视之间的联系被夸大了，实际上可能相反。使用来自综合社会调查（2010-2018）的数据，当前的研究调查了“色情消费”和“色情容忍”是否预测了性别歧视，以及这些关联是否因性别而异。结果表明，色情消费预测性别歧视水平较低，尽管这些影响因包含社会人口、宗教和社会文化协变量而变得不显着。在将当前研究的结果与基于 1970 年代至 1990 年代数据的结果进行比较时，色情消费现在似乎与性别歧视无关，而不是促进平等主义。我们专注于“色情容忍”的分析表明，支持受管制的色情制品比支持色情制品禁令的人更平等。一般来说，男性比女性更有可能报告性别歧视态度，但在几个模型中，性别调节了色情变量与性别歧视的关系。总体而言，色情消费和色情容忍度要么与预测性别歧视无关，要么与更大的平等主义有关。