Does watching pornography affect masculine body image and penis size ideas that affects erectile dysfunction in young heterosexual men?

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between increased time spent watching pornography and worse body image, worse penis size image, worse masculinity ideas and erectile dysfunction during sex. Also, to observe if the age of the first view of pornography contents correlate with the development of erectile dysfunction, later in life. Data was gathered by an online questionnaire distributed through various social media and the questionnaire was anonymous. Participants were 437 heterosexual men over the age of 18 that had performed sexual intercourse with a woman in the past six months. This study will only analyze data from participants between 18-25 years old; 262 participants in total. Crosstabs were created to examine the data. The results of the study indicate that there was a negative correlation between more time spent watching pornography and men’s body image and positive correlation between more pornography watched and erectile dysfunction. There was also a negative correlation between the age of first viewing pornography and erectile dysfunction in the ages of 18-25. There was an insignificant correlation between the time spent watching pornography and masculinity ideas. The researcher would like to remind readers that correlation is not causation.Keywords: pornography, body image, penis size ideas, masculinity, erectile dysfunction.

Rannsókn þessi var framkvæmd til þess að kanna tengsl á milli aukins klámáhorfs og því að karlmenn hafi verri líkamsímynd, verri ímynd á typpastærð, neikvæðari karlmennskuhugmyndir, og risvanda í kynlífi. Einnig var kannað hvort það að horfa á klám í fyrsta skiptið ungur hafi tengsl við þróun á risvanda síðar á ævinni. Spurningalisti rannsóknarinnar var sendur út rafrænt á mismunandi samfélagsmiðla og könnunin var nafnlaus. Þátttakendur voru 437 gagnkynhneigðir karlmenn eldri en 18 ára sem hafa stundað samfarir með konu undanfarna 6 mánuði. Þessi rannsókn mun þó einungis skoða þátttakendur á aldrinum 18-25 ára, alls 262 þátttakendur. Krosstöflur voru gerðar til þess að vinna með gögnin. Niðurstöður rannsóknirnnar voru að neikvæð fylgni er á milli aukins klámáhorfs og tengsl við líkamsímynd karla en einnig var jákvæð fylgni milli aukins klámáhorfs og risvanda. Þá var einnig neikvæð fylgni á milli lægri aldurs drengja sem horfa á klám og risvanda á aldrinum 18-25 ára. Ekki var marktæk fylgni milli aukins klámáhorfs og karlmennskuhugmynda. Rannsakandi vill minna á að fylgni er ekki það sama og orsök.Lykilorð: klám, líkamsímynd, ímynd á typpastærð, karlmennskuhugmyndir, risvandi.