This podcast focuses on helping parents and carers understand the potential impact of pornography on their children, and what can be done about it. 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. Image from Microsoft Stock Images. 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: https://www.breathlesscampaign.com/ Information for parents to autistic young people: https://www.notthenorm.com.au/ 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
