Baltimore liquor board suspends license of Fells Point strip bar
Investigative Voice: “The Baltimore City Liquor Board has suspended the license of a Fells Point strip bar for one year. The suspension came after a liquor board hearing over charges that owners of Chubbies last July operated the club later than allowed by their license.”
UK Home Office report: Sexualisation of Young People Review
Sexualisation of Young People Review: “This review looks at how sexualised images and messages may be affecting the development of children and young people and influencing cultural norms, and examines the evidence for a link between sexualisation and violence.”
MA: Lund’s strip club lawsuit moved to federal court
Herald News: “The lawsuit filed two weeks ago by Gary Lund alleging the city has unconstitutionally prohibited adult entertainment was remanded to U.S. District Court in Boston this week at the city’s request.”
South Africa: Christian Network takes aim at proposed porn channel
Mail & Guardian Online: “If DSTV went ahead with plans for a channel featuring pornographic content, it would be like pouring fuel on the ‘fires of sexual abuse and exploitation’, the Christian Action Network network said on Thursday.”
Utah leaders warn child pornography may be on the rise
ABC 4: “Utah leaders are worried child pornography crimes in the state are on the rise. Today, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force joined Utah legislators to sound a voice of warning.”
Porn addiction destroys relationships, lives
San Francisco Chronicle: “Millions of Americans struggle with porn addiction for years in secret, without getting caught, and continue their behavior even after it begins to have negative consequences in their life. For some individuals, images are enough, and they remain locked in the fantasy world of pornography. For others, Internet porn is a gateway to compulsive and risky sexual behavior with others.”
Processes Underlying the Effects of Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material: The Role of Perceived Realism
CCaM: “Although research has repeatedly demonstrated a link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and sexual attitudes, the processes underlying this association are not well understood. More specifically, studies have pointed to a mediating role of perceived realism, but internally valid evidence is missing.”
Assessing Causality in the Relationship between Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Online Behavior and their Perceptions of this Behavior
Journal of Youth and Adolescence: “The main aim of this study was to investigate the causal nature of the relationship between adolescents’ risky sexual behavior on the internet and their perceptions of this behavior.”
Adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material and notions of women as sex objects: Assessing causality and underlying processes
Journal of Communication: “The aim of this study was to clarify causality in the previously established link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and notions of women as sex objects. Further, the study investigated which psychological processes underlie this link and whether the various influences varied by gender . . . “
Adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material and sexual satisfaction
Human Communication Research: “The aim of this study was to investigate, within a social comparison framework, the causal relationship between adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and their sexual satisfaction. In addition, we tested which adolescents were most susceptible to a potential influence of SEIM on sexual satisfaction.”
