Normative Pressure Affects Attitudes Toward Pornography

Abstract

This study examines Greek young women’s attitudes towards pornography and identifies specific context-related social-psychological and socio-cultural predictors of women’s pornography consumption. An exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted between September 8 and November 28, 2021, via an online survey. This study’s convenience sample consisted of female undergraduate students (N = 197) who were recruited from two universities in the northern part of Greece. A between-subject, correlational design was employed. Next, a multiple regression model was employed to predict attitudes toward pornography from the other study measures, based on the significance of the associations. Grounded on the theoretical line that individual attitudes are significantly influenced by exposure to context-specific socializing agents, this study examined whether the impact of religiosity on attitudes towards pornography would be mediated by normative pressure (social norms). This study's results identify specific context-related social-psychological and socio-cultural predictors of women’s attitudes toward pornography.