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Abstract
Understanding affective perceptual processes can further contribute to the explanation of motivation and actions, as well as
sexual risk behaviors. Pornography can be considered salient emotional content and is ... [+]
Understanding affective perceptual processes can further contribute to the explanation of motivation and actions, as well as
sexual risk behaviors. Pornography can be considered salient emotional content and is popular, also among females. Yet, the
female perspective on pornography has often been overlooked and it remains unclear how individual variables may be asso-
ciated with the affective perception of pornography and could provide a risk profile. Possible associations between several
sexual and psychological intrapersonal variables and the affective perception of various forms of pornography were analyzed
from the female perspective. A sample of 231 females (M = 21.87 years; SD = 3.9 years) provided ratings of affective valence,
arousal, disgust, and moral and ethical acceptance for mainstream pornographic and paraphilic images of dominance, submis-
sion, or sexual violence. Paraphilic pornography was perceived as less pleasant, arousing, and moral and ethically accept-
able, but more disgusting compared to mainstream pornography. This was more pronounced among females who had never
consumed pornography. Results further suggest that the female affective perception of pornography was associated with the
following sexual intrapersonal variables: sexual sensation seeking for physical sensations, erotophilia, lack of sexual control,
problematic pornography consumption, and sexual disgust sensitivity. Of the assessed psychological intrapersonal variables,
only anxiety was negatively associated with disgust for paraphilic pornography. It is important to further analyze the female
affective perception of pornography and associated variables to include them in strategies for prevention and for addressing
problematic consequences of the acceptance of specific sexual content and behaviors, especially related to sexualized violence. [-]
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