The age at which males are first exposed to porn significantly impacts their attitudes towards women in later life, new study claims. Research presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association claims that the earlier boys are exposed to porn the more likely they are to want power over women. Meanwhile, later exposure among the men studied was linked to them wanting to exhibit promiscuous tendencies. “We found that the younger a man

was when he first viewed pornography, the more likely he was to want power over women,” said study author Alyssa Bischmann. “The older a man was when he first viewed pornography, the more likely he would want to engage in playboy behavior.” Psychologists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln surveyed 330 men, aged 17 – 54, at an unnamed large midwestern university, asking them about their first experience with pornography.  READ MORE


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