title: Exposure to harsh parenting and pornography as explanations for males' sexual coercion and females' sexual victimization.
abstract: Sexual violence against women is a major concern to researchers and policy makers, as well as to the general public. This study uses a sample of more than 2,000 college students to investigate the extent to which exposure to harsh parenting practices and sexually explicit materials contributes to perpetration and victimization. Findings indicate that frequent corporal punishment in the family of origin combined with consumption of pornographic materials increased the probability that males reported engaging in coercive sexual practices. For females, both frequent corporal punishment and exposure to paternal hostility combined with consumption of pornographic materials were associated with higher levels of reported sexual victimization. These results provide increased understanding of the impact of pornography use among a nonclinical sample, as well as the consequences of experiencing harsh corporal punishment in one's family of origin, on the sexual victimization of females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. leslie.gordon.simons@gmail.com
authors.forename: Leslie Gordon
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Man-Kit
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Tara E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003068:Coercion; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011678:Punishment; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult