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Author Rothman, Emily F., author.

Title Pornography and public health / Emily F. Rothman
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Pornography as a US public health problem -- Defining pornography -- Pornography viewers -- Pornography content -- Pornography and aggression -- Problematic pornography use -- Pornography and intimate partnerships -- The effects of pornography on youth -- Pornography and body image -- Child sexual abuse imagery -- Pornography and human trafficking -- The occupational safety and health of pornography performers -- The benefits of pornography -- Pornography literacy -- Notes -- Index
Summary "Pornography is being indicted as a public health crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere, but the professional public health community is not behind the recent push to address pornography as a public health threat. While pornography may not be contributing directly to mortality or acute morbidity for a substantial percentage of people, it may be influencing other public health problems such as sexual violence, dating abuse, compulsive behaviour, and sexually transmitted infections. However, the evidence to support pornography as a causal factor is mixed and there are numerous other factors that have more strongly established associations with these outcomes of interest. Throughout history repressive forces have inflated the charges against sexually explicit material in order to advance a morality-based agenda. Nevertheless, a public health approach and tried public health practices, such as harm reduction and coalition-building, will be instrumental to addressing the emergence mainstream, internet pornography"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on April 15, 2022)
Subject Pornography -- Health aspects -- United States
Pornography -- Government policy -- United States
Sex crimes -- United States -- Prevention
Public health.
Mass media.
Erotica
Public Health
Communications Media
Sex Offenses -- prevention & control
public health.
mass media.
Public health
Mass media
Pornography -- Government policy
Sex crimes -- Prevention
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021013439
ISBN 0190075481
9780190075507
0190075503
9780190075491
019007549X
9780190075484