Patrik Olsson
Universitetslektor
Adult Pornography, Male Peer Support, and Violence against Women: The Contribution of the “Dark Side” of the Internet
Författare
Summary, in English
It is estimated that there are over a million pornographic sites on the Internet, with as many as 10,000 added every week. In addition to having a major financial impact, adult pornography is strongly as- sociated with various types of violence against women, especially sexual assault. Some studies have found that the contribution of pornography to woman abuse in dating, marriage, and during or after separation/divorce is related to male peer support, which refers to the attachments to male peers and the resources they provide that perpetuate and legitimate woman abuse. The main objective of this chap- ter is twofold: (1) to review the extant social scientific research on the relationship between violence against women, male peer support, and adult Internet pornography and (2) to suggest new directions in empirical work on the association between these three social problems.
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
34-50
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Technology for Facilitating Humanity and Combating Social Deviations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
IGI Global
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-1-60960-094-5