Zillman and Bryant

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Zillman and Bryant

• Pornography, Sexual Callousness and the
  Trivialization of Rape (1982)

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RQ Effects of Continued Exposure to Pornography

• Subjects were 80 F and 80 M students at IU
• 4 groups saw erotic (X rated, but non-violent),
  neutral, or no films over a 6 week period
• G1 saw 6 erotic films (4 hours 48 minutes)
• G2 saw 3 erotic films (224) and 3 neutral films
• G3 saw 6 neutral films (448)
• G4 (control) saw no films

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Results

• G1 Ss overestimated the of adults engaged in
  uncommon sex practices
• Group sex (3X)
• Sadomasochism (2X)
• G1 Ss recommended a lighter sentence for a
  convicted rapist (trivialization of rape by both
  M and F Ss)--4 years vs 8 years
• G1 Ss had less support for feminist values that
  other groups
• G1 Ss scored higher on the Sexual Callousness
  Toward Women Scale than other groups