RT Article
T1 Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 5
SP 1243
OP 1260
A1 Vera-Gray, F.
A2 McGlynn, Clare 1970-
A2 Butterby, Kate
A2 Kureshi, Ibad
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1776043251
AB This article examines the ways in which mainstream pornography positions sexual violence as a normative sexual script by analysing the video titles found on the landing pages of the three most popular pornography websites in the United Kingdom. The study draws on the largest research sample of online pornographic content to date and is unique in its focus on the content immediately advertised to a new user. We found that one in eight titles shown to first-time users on the first page of mainstream porn sites describe sexual activity that constitutes sexual violence. Our findings raise serious questions about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream pornography websites and the efficacy of current regulatory mechanisms.
K1 Pornography
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 sexual scripts
K1 Image-based sexual abuse
K1 Voyeurism
K1 inces
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab035