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Behavioral Sexual Maladaption Contagion in America: An Applied Theoretical Analysis

Behavioral Sexual Maladaption Contagion in America: An Applied Theoretical Analysis Massive increases in the availability and explicitness of pornography in the United States are correlated with increasing rates of sexually maladaptive behaviors. Correlation-causation issues are acknowledged and barriers to resolving this molar question are noted. However, agreement among various theoretical predictions and experimental findings on functional relations between pornography and behavior suggest that changes in the intensity and prevalence of certain classes of pornographic stimuli have probably contributed to increased rates of maladaptive sexual behavior in the US. New conceptions of behavioral contagion and social entropy are offered to unify this field of information into an explanatory whole that suggests a resulting decrease in cultural viability. I advise an experimental reversal of current culturally endemic pornographic self-stimulatory practices. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Behavioral Sexual Maladaption Contagion in America: An Applied Theoretical Analysis

Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 8 (2) – Oct 1, 1998

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
ISSN
1064-9506
eISSN
2376-6786
DOI
10.5210/bsi.v8i2.328
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Abstract

Massive increases in the availability and explicitness of pornography in the United States are correlated with increasing rates of sexually maladaptive behaviors. Correlation-causation issues are acknowledged and barriers to resolving this molar question are noted. However, agreement among various theoretical predictions and experimental findings on functional relations between pornography and behavior suggest that changes in the intensity and prevalence of certain classes of pornographic stimuli have probably contributed to increased rates of maladaptive sexual behavior in the US. New conceptions of behavioral contagion and social entropy are offered to unify this field of information into an explanatory whole that suggests a resulting decrease in cultural viability. I advise an experimental reversal of current culturally endemic pornographic self-stimulatory practices.

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Behavior and Social IssuesSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 1, 1998

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