ArticlePloS one2016
Viewing of Internet-Based Sexually Explicit Media as a Risk Factor for Condomless Anal Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Four U.S. Cities.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sexual Behaviors and Violence in Pornography: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Video Content Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
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- Integrating Internalized Homophobia with Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model among Chinese Sexual Minority Men: A Network Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Adolescent Pornography Exposure, Condom Use, and the Moderating Role of Parental Sexual Health Communication: Replication in a U.S. Probability Sample.Health communication · 2025Article
- Pornographic Video Consumption and Partner Preference Among Chinese Male Sexual Minorities: The Moderating Role of Perceived Realism.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Pornography, identification, alcohol, and condomless sex.The Journal of communication · 2024Article
- Sexual violence experiences and pornography media exposure with sexual risk behavior among PLWHA MSM in Bandung, Indonesia.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
- Sexually Explicit Online Media Use and Sexual Behavior among Sexual Minority Men in Portugal.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sexually Explicit Media Use Among 14-17-Year-Old Sexual Minority Males in the U.S.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
- Average Effects Based on Regressions with a Logarithmic Link Function: A New Approach with Stochastic Covariates.Psychometrika · 2019Article
- Sexually explicit media exposure as a sexual milestone among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Sexually Explicit Media and Condomless Anal Sex Among Gay and Bisexual Men.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Preferences for Condomless Sex in Sexually Explicit Media Among Black/African American Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for HIV Prevention.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- Sexually explicit racialised media targeting men who have sex with men online: a content analysis of high-risk behaviour depicted in online advertisements.Culture, health & sexuality · 2015Article
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Abstract
The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the availability of sexually explicit media (SEM) on the Internet. Men who have sex with men (MSM) report near universal use of SEM. However, this widespread use of SEM among MSM may contribute to more condomless anal sex. To examine the association of viewing SEM on the Internet and the number of condomless anal sex encounters among MSM, in 2012, an online survey was conducted of 265 MSM from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Washington D.C. who reported viewing SEM online in the past 3 months. Analyses were performed using negative binomial regression. Nearly all men reported viewing SEM featuring anal sex with (91%) or without (92%) condoms in the past 3 months. Neither viewing more hours of SEM per week or compulsively viewing SEM were associated with more condomless anal sex encounters. Rather, viewing a greater proportion of SEM containing condomless anal sex was associated with engaging in more condomless anal encounters (IRR = 1.25), while viewing a greater proportion of SEM containing anal sex where condoms were used was associated with fewer condomless anal sex encounters (IRR = 0.62). MSM reported that viewing SEM caused changes in their sexual fantasies, desires, and behaviors. These findings provide important insights for health policy and the design of interventions addressing SEM and condomless sex among MSM. The findings suggest that condom use by SEM performers may benefit not only actor health, but also have health implications for SEM viewers.
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