title: Methodological issues in defining aggression for content analyses of sexually explicit material.
abstract: There exists an important tradition of content analyses of aggression in sexually explicit material. The majority of these analyses use a definition of aggression that excludes consent. This article identifies three problems with this approach. First, it does not distinguish between aggression and some positive acts. Second, it excludes a key element of healthy sexuality. Third, it can lead to heteronormative definitions of healthy sexuality. It would be better to use a definition of aggression such as Baron and Richardson's (1994) in our content analyses, that includes a consideration of consent. A number of difficulties have been identified with attending to consent but this article offers solutions to each of these.
authors.affiliation: Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia, a.mckee@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McKee
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D003146:Communications Media; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*