Entry:

Obligacion, F.R., "Perceptions of Sexually Explicit Materials: Correlates and Gender Differences," Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 22 (1994), 45-55.


Abstract:

Significantly more women than men feel that pornography encourages rape and a deterioration of morals; the same views are held by those who frequent church services. Women do recognize that sexually explicit materials, while detrimental, can be a source of vicarious entertainment.

GSS Years:

1973, 1975-1976, 1978-1980, 1983-1984, 1986-1989

Other Data Sets:

Undergraduate survey at a Midwestern university

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES

PORNINF

MATERIALS PROVIDE INFO ABOUT SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

XMOVIE

SEEN X-RATED MOVIE IN LAST YEAR