“Overall, the body of research on pornography reveals a number of negative attitudes and behaviors that are connected with its use. It functions as a teacher, a permission-giver, and a trigger of these negative behaviors and attitudes. The damage is seen in men, women, and children, and to both married and single adults. It involves pathological behaviors, illegal behaviors, and some behaviors that are both illegal and pathological.”
- Mary Anne Layden
Director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program Center for Cognitive Therapy Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
(In Layden, Mary Anne ; Eberstadt, Mary; The Social Costs of Pornography: A Statement of Findings and Recommendations, Kindle Locations 94-103;
The Witherspoon Institute)
