News in Brief Viewing Pornography Increases Unethical Behavior, According to New Research It's possible that watching people perform sex acts can lead us to dehumanize others. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Pornography Enthusiasts Are Less Misogynistic Than the Average American Man New research finds that attendees at an adult expo are more likely to respect working mothers. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Evangelicals’ Porn Viewing Is on the Rise But frequent churchgoers and Biblical literalists have successfully resisted the temptation. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Praise the Lord, Google the Porn States that are home to large numbers of evangelicals generate an above-average number of Internet searches for sexually explicit material. Tom Jacobs
Environment Pornography Consumption on the Rise As the Internet makes X-rated material more accessible, more Americans are watching. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Porn Is Not Coming for Our Sex Lives Recent research suggests that porn is hardly the life-ruining, woman-hating, healthy-sex-murdering specter we’ve been warned about for so long. Alana Massey
Social Justice Is Religion Secularizing? Trends in Opposition to Pornography At least when it comes to pornography, one sociologist found, religious leaders are relying on other authorities to back up their points of view. Lisa Wade
Social Justice Porn Viewing Impacts Attitudes on Women in Workplace New research finds people who watch pornography are less likely to support affirmative action for women. Tom Jacobs
Environment Fighting the Child-Porn Problem With Digital Technology Governments and tech companies experiment with filters to protect kids from exposure and exploitation. Lauren Kirchner
Social Justice Why Pornography Deserves Its Own Academic Journal And why the academic study of porn is nothing new. Lynn Comella