Skip to main content
Become a Culture Reframed Champion: Join our monthly giving program.
Become a Culture Reframed Champion: Join our monthly giving program. ×

Mental Health

Internet Pornography Use and Sexual Body Image in a Dutch Sample

Internet Pornography use and Sexual Body Image in a Dutch SampleFull Article Name: Internet Pornography Use and Sexual Body Image in a Dutch Sample

Open Access: No

Abstract

Objectives: A commonly attributed cause of sexual body image dissatisfaction is pornography use. This relationship has received little verification. Methods: The relationship between sexual body image dissatisfaction and Internet pornography use was tested using a large-N sample of Dutch respondents. Results/Conclusion: Penis-size dissatisfaction is associated with pornography use. The relationship between pornography use and breast-size dissatisfaction is null. These results support prior speculation and self-reports about the relationship between pornography use and sexual body image among men. These results also support a prior null finding of the relationship between breast-size satisfaction for women and pornography use.

Citation

Cranney, S. (2015). Internet Pornography use and sexual body image in a Dutch sample. International Journal of Sexual Health, 27(3), 316-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2014.999967