Unit 4 quiz Flashcards
(20 cards)
The exposure to pornography generally
leads to heightened sexual arousal.
The purpose of national organizations such as Citizens for Decency through Law has been to
lobby for legislation to impede the production and distribution of pornography.
There is a debate about whether it is the content of pornography that causes social problems or
the pre-existing deviance in the viewer that causes social problems.
Several studies have reported that exposure to Internet pornography
has resulted in no effect on men’s attitudes toward women.
What is the latest venue in which a person can have a conversation with others about sex?
chat rooms
The US Commission on Obscenity and Pornography concluded in 1970 that
pornography should be available to interested adults.
Obscenity can be defined as
something that is disgusting to the senses.
Some audiences of child pornography are not pedophiles. They are
the curious.
The name of the activity in which parents arrange for their children to appear in child pornography is
sporting clubs.
Holmes and Holmes, in their own research, found many children in the porn industry to be…
to be runaways.
Children in the porn industry are frequently
users of marijuana.
A characteristic of children who are involved in pornography is that
they are from a broken home.
The majority of pornography consumers are
young married males.
Child abusers who use the Internet do so to:
a)
communicate with others.
b)
locate children to abuse.
c)
traffic in child porn.
d)
all of the above
all of the above
In the Middle East, in ancient times, sexual scenes were often depicted
on household objects.
There is a high correlation between committing sexual offences with children and
possession of child pornography.
Some researchers have hypothesized that pornography may lead to problems
in separating sexual fantasy from reality.
By establishing contact with other child molesters on the Internet, an abuser
can gain information with relative safety and anonymity.
The country leading in the enactment of laws regulating pornography has been
China.
One of the standards used to determine what comprises pornography and obscenity is
the average person applying current community standards.
