STUDY: PORN MAKES STRAIGHT MEN MORE ACCEPTING OF GAYS
Campaigners for same-sex marriage have often come up against particularly vocal opposition from heterosexual men.
Now, a study from the US has suggested a novel method of persuading them to soften their stance on the divisive issue: get them to watch dirty videos.
The new academic analysis suggests that the more that straight men watch pornography, the more they warm to the idea that two people of the same sex could be married.
Paul Wright, assistant professor of communications at Indiana University and author of the study, published in the journal Communication Research, said the change in attitude could because of pornography opens their mind to accepting non-traditional sexual situations – like those involving participants of the same sex.
“Our study suggests that the more heterosexual men, especially less educated heterosexual men, watch pornography, the more supportive they become of same-sex marriage…” said Wright.
“Pornography consumption did predict over-time increases in support for same-sex marriage,” the researchers noted in the report.
However, it’s been noted that over the past six years support among the general population for gay marriage has increased significantly, so the study’s findings could also be coincidental.
Wright went on to add: “Pornography adopts an individualistic, non-judgmental stance on all kinds of non-traditional sexual behaviours and same-sex marriage attitudes are strongly linked to attitudes about same-sex sex…
“If people think individuals should be able to decide for themselves whether to have same-sex sex, they will also think that individuals should be able to decide for themselves whether to get married to a partner of the same-sex.”
The study followed 500 heterosexual men’s pornography habits over six years.
If figures on internet usage are correct, it is likely that support for same-sex marriage will be fairly strong worldwide – researchers last year revealed a staggering 30 per cent of all online traffic is pornography. With the amount of pornography rampant on the Internet, acceptance of gays can only go up!
It is my belief that men are, by nature and genetic development, highly sexed creatures. Pornography will stimulate and men will seek an outlet, If same-sex opportunities present themselves (the six-pack of beer syndrome) attitudes can be altered through enjoyment of what was previously “forbidden”. I am not at all surprised by this survey!