In a new study published by the “Journal of Sexual Medicine” four researchers argue that previous studies on the subject have been too narrowly focused when it comes to drawing a connection between X-rated materials and negative outcomes. University of Copenhagen’s Gert Martin Hald and colleagues conducted an online survey of 4,600 young people asking about a broad range of sexual acts, from threesomes to experience with one-night stands to prostitution. They found that among the 15-to-25-year-old participants, almost 90% of males and nearly half of females reported that they had used porn some time in the previous year, the vast majority of which was online.
The odd thing about this study, although the researchers complained that previous work had been “too narrowly focused,” they only surveyed young people in Denmark. And a few notes about this country that may have impacted the outcome: in 1969, Denmark became the first nation in the world to legalize pornography; there are also no restrictions against the use of animals in porn; prostitution was completely decriminalized in 1999; Denmark was the first country in the world to recognize same-sex unions in 1989; age of consent, including for homosexual acts, is 15; by a unanimous vote in 1997, the Bishops of the State Lutheran Church approved of the blessing of homosexual partnerships within their congregations. Gay and lesbian couples throughout Denmark can have their marriages sealed as part of the regular church service; Copenhagen is a world mecca for sex-trafficking and sex-tourism. The children of Denmark grow-up in a society very liberalized by an acceptance of every form of sexual deviance, and a celebration of sexual experimentation, commercialization, and promiscuity. Therefore using a Danish pool, to supposedly stand for the world, is like polling those living in San Francisco and claiming that the results represent the United States. Rubbish.