Is Social Status Related to Internet Pornography Use? Evidence from the Early 2000s in the United States.
While most studies on Internet pornography focus on individual's psychological characteristics, few have explored how social status itself is associated with Internet pornography use. As the Internet is becoming increasingly prevalent, online behaviors may have started to reflect the inequalities of...
| Published in: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 997 - 1010 |
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Springer Nature
May2016
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