Pornification

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Pornification is the absorption by mainstream culture of styles or content of the

porn on the internet.[citation needed
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Effects on culture

Pole dancing has become a form of exercise for suburban women, and sexually suggestive words find their way into everyday public statements.[7]

Effects of media

Advertising

See also: Sex in advertising

Advertising by Carl's Jr. in 2016 featuring scantily clad women and suggestive language were replaced by a "food-centric" approach in 2019, the change attributed to the #MeToo movement.[8]

Books

Literature which people read for sexual satisfaction is one of the earliest forms of media portraying sexuality. Now, there are various websites to satisfy most people's varied sexual preferences and tastes. As erotica was a form of social protest against the values of the culture at the time, as was with the famous book The Romance of Lust, written as a few volumes between 1873 and 1876. Described in the book are homosexuality, incest, and other socially unacceptable concepts. The values of the Victorian era perpetuated purity and innocence. So this book offered a new perspective.[9] In recent years, erotica has become the new norm, and is extremely popular. The most recent commercial success was Fifty Shades of Grey, describing in detail scenes of sadomasochism and other forms of kink.[10] It sold over "31 million worldwide", and has been adapted into a film starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.[11]

Film

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson were cast in the lead roles in the BDSM inspired film, Fifty Shades of Grey.

The real-life effects of watching film sex and violence have been heavily disputed. While some groups argue that media violence causes viewers to be more violent,[12][13] there is no academic consensus on this and indeed large studies suggest that there is no causative link between images of violence and violence in spectators,[14] nor between images of sex and sexual behavior. The links between films and spectator behavior are complex and while pornography undoubtedly plays a big role in how people view sex and relationships, we should always be wary of attributing a single source (e.g. pornography) to a single action (e.g. sexual violence) as human behavior is so much more complex than this.

Television

Teens who were exposed to highly sexual content on TV were more likely to "act older" than their age. If what was being shown on TV was educational, it could yield a positive result on teenagers. For example, on one specific episode of Friends, which had nearly 2 million viewers at the time, one of the characters had gotten pregnant even after using

contraception. After the episode, teens were actually more likely to engage in safer sexual activity, and as much as 65% remembered what was in that episode.[15]

See also

References

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  8. ^ Hsu, Tiffany (November 13, 2019). "Carl's Jr.'s Marketing Plan: Pitch Burgers, Not Sex". The New York Times. With sales slipping, a fast-food chain notorious for featuring scantily clad women has decided on a food-centric message.
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  11. ^ Grinberg, Emanuella (13 July 2012). "Explaining Fifty Shades wild success". CNN.
  12. ^ "Sexual assault and the media". stopvaw.org. Stop Violence Against Women, the Advocates for Human Rights. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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  15. ^ Collins, Rebecca L.; Elliott, Marc N.; Berry, Sandra H.; Kanouse, David E.; Kunkel, Dale; Hunter, Sarah B.; Miu, Angela (January 2004). Does watching sex on television influence teens' sexual activity?. RAND Corporation. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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