Free Porn - Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think With Kink by Dave Monroe, Fritz Allhoff, Gram Ponante Page A

did not have a group of female porn stars to ask directly about their porngasms or lack thereof (good luck getting that grant funded!). Instead, we rely on the aforementioned arguments and evidence to infer that most female porngasms are fake. Although it is difficult to estimate, we suspect that 5–20 percent of female porngasms are genuine. (Anne’s money is on 5 percent; Shane’s is on 20 percent.)
     
    Our Study
     
    We designed and administered an online survey to 111 male and 153 female college undergraduates.Volunteers were recruited from introductory psychology classes at a large midwestern university and received course credit for their participaion. Our sample was predominantly Caucasian (86 percent), heterosexual (94 percent), and unmarried (96 percent). Most students (99 percent) were between 18 and 24 years old. A sample of college-aged participants was desirable because this cohort is generally interested in mating pursuits, and they came of age when access to Internet porn was widespread and its use had become mainstream.
     
    Participants were told that they would be asked to answer questions regarding their attitudes and beliefs about pornography and their responses would be anonymous. For the purposes of the study, pornography was defined as sexually explicit material presented in the form of a movie or film designed to create or enhance sexual feelings or thoughts in its viewers. This definition excluded soft-core pornography, in which the sexual activity is simulated. Orgasm was defined as genuine sexual climax.
     
    Participants provided their informed consent and answered a 31-item survey about their attitudes toward pornography, perceptions of female porngasm, and female porn star sexual pleasure. A sample item is included to represent each category of question: “I think that the pornography industry promotes violence toward women; I believe that most orgasms depicted by women in pornographic movies are fake; and, I think that women who star in pornographic movies enjoy their jobs.” Response options were as follows: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree.
     
    We also asked participants to estimate the percentage of orgasms depicted by women in pornographic movies that represent genuine orgasm and how much time they had spent viewing pornography, on average, per week, during the past six months. Response options were as follows: had never watched porn, 1–29 minutes, 30–59 mins., 60–89 mins., 90–119 mins., 120–149 mins., 150–179 mins., 180 + mins.
     
    TABLE 3.1 Sex differences in time spent viewing porn
     
Viewing frequency category
Females
Males
Have never watched
30.7%
1.8%
1–29 minutes
62.7%
55.0%
30–59 minutes
3.9%
25.2%
60–180 + minutes
2.7%
18.0%
     
    Note
:The categories 60–89 mins., 90–119 mins., 120–149 mins., 150–179 mins., and 180 + mins. have been combined.
     
    TABLE 3.2 Sex differences in attitudes and beliefs about pornography
     
Item
Females
Males
I enjoy watching porn.
2.24
3.64*
Porn is demeaning toward women.
3.36
2.97*
Porn is demeaning toward men.
2.51
2.30*
Porn promotes violence toward women.
2.63
2.35*
Porn promotes violence toward men.
2.05
1.79*
It is upsetting that so many people watch porn.
2.69
2.11*
My partner watching porn is a form of betrayal.
2.40
2.03*
Society’s views toward porn are too negative.
2.86
3.15*
Many people watch porn to learn sexual techniques.
3.68
3.70
     
    Note
: The wording used to describe survey items within the tables is not the wording used in the actual survey. For convenience, we have shortened the survey items and relied occasionally on slang terms. Asterisks in tables 3.2 and 3.3 refer to statistically significant differences between the means for male and female participants, as determined by independent-samples t-tests
     
    Results
     
    Unsurprisingly, the results indicated marked sex differences in porn viewing habits (see table 3.1 ). More females than males