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New Zealand's first pornography report finds 'problematic' amount of coercion
Source: The Guardian
New Zealand's first pornography report finds ‘problematic’ amount of coercion
Government’s chief censor says storylines featuring male persistence would be adopted by younger viewers in their own sex lives
Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin
@EleanorAingeRoy
Thu 5 Dec 2019 04.20 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2019 04.24 GMT
More than a third of all pornography watched in New Zealand depicts non-consensual sexual activity, a study by the chief censor has found, in the first report of its kind into the country’s sexual viewing habits.
Censor David Shanks said the findings were important because, increasingly, young people were using the internet as their first and primary tool to learn about sex – and many applied what they had seen to their own sex lives. And while adults usually had the experience to treat porn for what it was – fantasy – younger viewers did not.
He said: “For young people, or people inclined to coercion, the repeated theme of ‘no’ becoming ‘yes’ could very easily be problematic.”
“Often the videos with this content would start with a reluctant partner, usually the female, who starts out saying ‘no’ to sex but whose initial resistance is overcome through insistence and subtle pressure by the male. The actress is then portrayed as enjoying the sexual contact – female pleasure was notable in 99% of the videos,” Shanks said.
Women’s groups in New Zealand say that extreme sexual acts are increasingly being viewed as normal by young people, mostly due to their popularity and prevalence in pornography.
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Government’s chief censor says storylines featuring male persistence would be adopted by younger viewers in their own sex lives
Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin
@EleanorAingeRoy
Thu 5 Dec 2019 04.20 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2019 04.24 GMT
More than a third of all pornography watched in New Zealand depicts non-consensual sexual activity, a study by the chief censor has found, in the first report of its kind into the country’s sexual viewing habits.
Censor David Shanks said the findings were important because, increasingly, young people were using the internet as their first and primary tool to learn about sex – and many applied what they had seen to their own sex lives. And while adults usually had the experience to treat porn for what it was – fantasy – younger viewers did not.
He said: “For young people, or people inclined to coercion, the repeated theme of ‘no’ becoming ‘yes’ could very easily be problematic.”
“Often the videos with this content would start with a reluctant partner, usually the female, who starts out saying ‘no’ to sex but whose initial resistance is overcome through insistence and subtle pressure by the male. The actress is then portrayed as enjoying the sexual contact – female pleasure was notable in 99% of the videos,” Shanks said.
Women’s groups in New Zealand say that extreme sexual acts are increasingly being viewed as normal by young people, mostly due to their popularity and prevalence in pornography.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/new-zealands-first-pornography-report-finds-problematic-amount-of-coercion
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