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COMMISSION ON OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY - TECHNICAL REPORT, V 8 - EROTICA AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

NCJ Number
9967
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1971
Length
380 pages
Annotation
THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS WHICH MEASURED THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIALS ON NORMAL SEXUAL ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIOR, AND ATTITUDES.
Abstract
THE RESEARCH TEAMS CONDUCTED A VARIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS. THE PROCEDURES AND SUBJECTS WHICH WERE EMPLOYED IN EACH EXPERIMENT ARE DESCRIBED, AND MAJOR FINDINGS ARE REPORTED. THE RESEARCH EFFORTS COVERED TOPICS SUCH AS THE EFFECTS OF EROTIC FILMS ON THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF MARRIED COUPLES, SEX CALLOUSNESS TOWARD WOMEN, AND THE EFFECT OF EROTIC STIMULI ON SEX AROUSAL, EVALUATIVE RESPONSES, AND SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIOR. THIS IS THE FINAL VOLUME IN A SERIES OF EIGHT TECHNICAL REPORTS WHICH PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONCLUSIONS. FOR THE OTHER TECHNICAL REPORTS, SEE NCJ-08074 THROUGH NCJ-008076, NCJ-009648, AND NCJ-009964 THROUGH NCJ-09966. FOR THE OFFICIAL COMMISSION REPORT, SEE NCJ-008077.