Abstract
Theoretical introduction: The links between pornography consumption and sexuality are still discussed in recent research. Should we consider pornography harmful or rather beneficial? The current study builds on previous research and its outputs.
The research design is for the most part preserved, but at the same time there have also been significant changes. Research question: The aim of the research was to point out the connections between the consumption of pornography in partner relationships and the frequency of sexual activities, sexual desire and sexual satisfaction.
Respondents from relationships where pornography is consumed together, by each partner separately, only by one of the partners, or not at all were compared. Methods: For the purposes of data collection, an anonymous online questionnaire was used, in which the respondents participated by the self-selection method.
The sample for the current study included 951 males (54.6%) and 791 females (45.4%). Participants ranged in age from 18 to 68 years old.
Overall, the average relationship length in the sample was 81.2 months. The obtained data were skewed, therefore a transformation of the data to a normal distribution was used.
For the static analysis of the data, ANOVA was used, followed by the Kruskal-Wallis test and the Chi-square test of independence. Results: The Kruskal-Wallis test showed that there is a statistically significant difference between partner relationships divided by the method of pornography consumption in the frequency of sexual activities, χ2 (3) = 111, p <.001, ε2 =.063.
A one-factor ANOVA showed a significant statistical difference in the patterns of pornography consumption in relationships due to sexual desire, F (3.1738) = 11.57, p < .001, η2 = .020, and also due to sexual satisfaction, F (3.1738 ) = 65.18, p <.001, η2 =.101. Various factors that may enter into the relationships between pornography and sexual desire and satisfaction have been included in the research.
Conclusion: Within the framework of the frequency of sexual activities and sexual satisfaction, it was shown that partners from relationships where pornography is consumed together or not at all have the most sexual intercourse per month and are also the most sexually satisfied of all groups. Partners consuming pornography separately, or only one of them, had the least sexual intercourses per month and were the least sexually satisfied.
In terms of sexual desire, partners who consumed pornography together still had the highest scores - therefore, they had the highest sexual desire. Also partners from relationships where pornography is consumed by only one of them had the highest sexual desire.