Much of the content in this podcast comes from the work of Maree Crabbe from “It’s Time We Talked” which is a violence prevention project that seeks to prevent pornography’s harms to children and young people. Maree Crabbe has worked with young people – and on issues affecting young people – since 1993. She has developed and delivered programs focusing on sexual violence prevention, pornography, respectful relationships, sexting, and the prevention of sexually transmissible infections and is currently undertaking a PhD on young people and pornography at the Queensland University of Technology.
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Further reading:
Talking with young people about pornography:
- https://itstimewetalked.com/parents/
- https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/online-porn
- https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/pornography-talking-with-children-9-11
- https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/pornography-talking-with-teens
Information about choking and strangulation:
Information for parents to autistic young people:
Information about filters:
- https://www.austelco.org.au/news-and-resources/family-friendly-filter/
- https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/parental-controls
References:
- Bridges, A. J., Wosnitzer, R., Scharrer, E., Sun, C., & Liberman, R. (2010). Aggression and Sexual Behavior in Best-Selling Pornography Videos: A Content Analysis Update. Violence Against Women, 16(10), 1065–1085. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801210382866
- Grubbs, J. B., & Perry, S. L. (2019). Moral incongruence and pornography use: A critical review and integration. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(1), 29-37.
- Malamuth, N. (2001) Pornography. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, (Vol.17, pp. 11816-11821). Elsevier: Amsterdam, New York.
- Mathews, B., Finkelhor, D., Pacella, R., Scott, J. G., Higgins, D. J., Meinck, F., … & Collin-Vézina, D. (2024). Child sexual abuse by different classes and types of perpetrator: Prevalence and trends from an Australian national survey. Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, 106562.
- McKibbin, G., Green, J., Humphreys, C., & Tyler, M. (2024). Pathways to onset of harmful sexual behavior. Victims & Offenders, 19(5), 739-777.New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification, 2019. Breaking Down Porn.
- Mori, C., Park, J., Racine, N., Ganshorn, H., Hartwick, C., & Madigan, S. (2023). Exposure to sexual content and problematic sexual behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child abuse & neglect, 143, 106255.
- NZ Office of Film and Literature Classification, 2018
- Our Watch, 2020. Pornography, young people and preventing violence against women background paper
- Paul J. Wright, Robert S. Tokunaga, Ashley Kraus, Elyssa Klann, Pornography Consumption and Satisfaction: a Meta-Analysis, Human Communication Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, 1 July 2017, Pages 315–343, https://doi.org/10.1111/hcre.12108
- Sharman, L.S., Fitzgerald, R. & Douglas, H. Prevalence of Sexual Strangulation/Choking Among Australian 18–35 Year-Olds. Arch Sex Behav 54, 465–480 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02937-y
- Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Morris, G., Edwards, K. M., & Banyard, V. L. (2022). Prospective associations between pornography viewing and sexual aggression among adolescents. Journal of research on adolescence, 32(4), 1612-1625.
- Wright, P. J., Paul, B., Herbenick, D., & Tokunaga, R. S. (2021). Pornography and sexual dissatisfaction: The role of pornographic arousal, upward pornographic comparisons, and preference for pornographic masturbation. Human Communication Research, 47(2), 192-214.
- Ybarra, M. L., Mitchell, K. J., Hamburger, M., Diener‐West, M., & Leaf, P. J. (2011). X‐rated material and perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: Is there a link?. Aggressive behavior, 37(1), 1-18.
- Ybarra, M.L., Thompson, R.E. Predicting the Emergence of Sexual Violence in Adolescence. Prev Sci 19, 403–415 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0810-4
