The depiction of erotic behavior(as in picture or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement is known as pornography.Pornography has wide range of effects on mind, relationship, working areas, etc.

1. Presented by
Sabita Mahat
Pokhara University
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2. Content
•Introduction
•Objective
•Methodology
•Findings
•Conclusion
•Recommendation
•References
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3. INTRODUCTION
 The word pornography, derived from the Greek word
porni (“prostitute”) and graphein (“to write”), was
originally defined as any work of art or literature
depicting the life of prostitutes.
 Pornography: The depiction of erotic behavior(as in
picture or writing) intended to cause sexual
excitement.
 It also refers to books, magazine and films that are
designed to cause sexual excitements by showing
naked people or referring to sexual acts.
 It is preoccupied with and concentrates on sex organs
for the purpose of sexual stimulation.
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4. Contd..
•Pornography can have wide impact on relationship,
wokplace, society and so on.
•The long-term pornography use sets people up
for feeling more depressed and empty than those who
do not watch it.
•Basically, porn consumers slowly start to become
numb or desensitized to everyday activities that
they previously enjoyed.
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5. Statement of Problems
•Pornography hurts adults, children, couples,
families, and society. There are 100,000 websites
that offer illegal child pornography..
•Almost 92 billion porn videos were viewed on
Pornhub in 2016.The societal costs of pornography
are staggering.
•64% of young people, ages 13–24, actively seek
out pornography weekly or more often.
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6. OBJECTIVE
General Objectives:
 To review arrival literatures about the effects of
pornography.
Specific objective:
 To know the effects of pornography on teens.
 To know the consequences of pornography on
relationship, working place.
 To know the difference between pornography addiction
and drug addiction.
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7. METHODOLOGY
•For this review, Literature was searched using PubMed,
and Google scholar.
• Literature was search on December14,2018.
Restrictions were put on location, and language of
publication.
•The key word used to prepare this article are
pornography, addiction and so on.
•By using google search engine, we find nearly 30
articles in which we read first 10 article and 5 are used
in it..
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8. FINDINGS
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9. Global situation of pornography legalization
• The production and distribution of pornographic films
are lawful in many countries but age restriction is
below 18.
• In many countries like China, Bangladesh, Sudan
,Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, Pakistan, South Korea, etc
it is illegal to distribute pornography.
• In South Africa, Pornography is permitted by the law
only if sold to persons over the age of 18 in registered
stores.
• Pornography is legalized on countries like Japan,
France, Jamaica ,Mexico, etc
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10. Contd…
•Saudi Arabia prohibits all forms of pornography due to
Islam's opposition to it.
•In Singapore,it is not a crime or offence to visit
pornographic websites.
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11. Pornography legalization in Nepal
• Nepali law identifies pornography as illegal.
• In September 2018, concerns about violence against
women led the Government of Nepal to announce
its intention to ban online pornography.
• The sharing, distribution and broadcasting of
pornographic content through any medium is
prohibited afterwards.
• Google trends in Nepal consistently show over 70
per cent of internet users searching ‘porn’ on
Google search engine every week over the last 12
months
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12. •The ban is a reactionary move by the government to the
demand for justice for rapes.
•From 24 September, the Nepal Telecommunications
Authority (NTA) began to put a block on all websites
providing pornographic content on the orders of the
Nepal Government (MOCIT).
•By 12 October more than 21,000 pornographic websites
had been blocked.
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13. How much is porn accessible online?
•Every second,
28,258 users are watching pornography on the internet.
$3,075.64 is being spent on pornography on the internet.
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14. Facts on Porn
 35% of all internet downloads are porn-related.
 34% of internet users have been exposed to
unwanted porn via ads.
 At least 30% of all data transferred across the
internet is porn-related.
 There are 4.2 million pornographic websites. This
represents 12 percent of all websites in the world.
 Annually, there are 72 million worldwide visitors to
pornographic websites.
 20% of men admit to accessing porn at work, and
13% of women admit to the same.
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15. Is Pornography an addiction?
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 Pornography is highly addictive
and can lead to sexually
compulsive behaviors (that
decrease a person’s capacity to
perform other major tasks in
life).
 In an American survey, 57
percent of frequent viewers used
online sexual activity to deal
with stress.

16. Contd..
Addictive pornography use leads to
lower self-esteem and a weakened
ability to carry out a meaningful
social and work life.
According to a study in a journal of
sex research, men who watch porn
once a week have a greater desire for
partners who talk dirty, dominate
them, use sex toys.
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17. How are porn addiction and drug
addictions different?
•A porn addiction can be as hard to break as a heroin
addiction. However, the shame that comes with porn
addiction is much greater than that of alcoholism or
drug addiction.
•The addiction to porn is pretty much undetected while
comparison with alcoholism or drug addiction.
•This makes porn addiction a silent killer as it does all
this damage to life, relationships.
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18. How does consuming porn impact
the teens?
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 It increases the odds of teenage
pregnancy:
The likelihood of teen pregnancy is
twice as high doubles with the high
view of sexual content episodes.
 It hinders sexual development.
Pornography viewing by teens
disorients them during their
development. Adolescents who view
pornography feel shame, diminished
self-confidence, and sexual uncertainty

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 It creates distorted expectations which
hinder healthy sexual development:
Adolescents exposed to high levels of
pornography have lower levels of sexual self-
esteem. Keeping the conversation going with
your child about the effects of pornography is
essential to heading off issues like depression
and low self-esteem.
 It raises the risk of depression:
A significant relationship also exists among
teens between frequent pornography use and
feelings of loneliness including major
depression.

20. What are the consequences of looking
pornography at work?
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 Pornography in the workplace
has both legal and ethical
ramification on both employees
and employers.
 Use of porn creates a hostile
work environment, and to
harass and degrade employees
— predominantly women — at
work.

21. Consequences
•In an extreme case, a woman’s head is photoshopped
on to a pornographic image and circulated throughout
her office.
•Unwelcome sexual comments and jokes are the most
common types harassment experienced by women
from colleagues and client who watch pornography.
•“It’s used as a tool of intimidation for women,
especially for women working in male dominated
environments.
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22. What are the effects of pornography on
relationship?
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23. Pornography effects on relationship
•Married men who are involved in
pornography feel less satisfied with their
marital sexual relations and less
emotionally attached to their wives.
•The need for more intense sexual
stimulation brought on by pornography
can lead to boredom in normal
relationships and a greater likelihood of
seeking sexual pleasure outside of
marriage.
•Women married to men with a
pornography addiction report feelings of
betrayal, mistrust, and anger.
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24. Other effects of pornography
 Effects on mind:
 Man who looks habitually at pornography have a higher
tolerance for abnormal sexual behaviors, sexual
aggression, promiscuity and even rape.
 Men begin to view women and even children as “sex
objects,” commodities or instruments for their pleasure.
Masturbation addiction:
 There is an almost inevitable outcome of masturbation
addiction as a direct result of porn addiction.
 Anybody addicted to pornography will almost always
masturbate as regularly as he watches porn.
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25. Other effects contd..
Aggression and abuse: Intense use of pornography is
strongly related to sexual aggression, and among
frequent viewers of pornography. And often it leads to
sexual abuse.
Sexually Transmitted Disease and Out of Wedlock
Pregnancy:
Since pornography encourages sexually permissive
attitudes and behavior, users of pornography have a
higher likelihood of contracting a sexually transmitted
disease or fathering an out-of-wedlock pregnancy.
•It increases the risk of being an unwitting parent in an
out-of-wedlock pregnancy.
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26. CONCLUSION
•Pornography could make us prefer the fantasy than
reality and it is addictive.
•It could cause dissatisfaction in our relationship and
makes one selfish.
•Its viewing leads to loss of interest in good family
relations.
•It could produce shame and guilt preventing us from
pursuing healthy relationship.
•There is the connection between the consumption of
violent pornography with behavioral aggression and
the incidence of rape.
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27. RECOMMENDATIONS
Blocking internet-connected devices from accessing
adult material is a good start in keeping pornography
out of reach for teens.
All workplaces need to have a process for employees
to report harassment incidents and be taken seriously.
Avoid the excessive alone time and idleness.
There should be involvement of people specially the
youths in meaningful activities.
Government should focus on banning the site which
are still providing the pornography sites.
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28. REFERENCES
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•(2018). "The concerning connection between Sex
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psychologist, and former Deputy Assistant Health and
Human Services Secretary
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Collins, Marc N. Elliott, Sandra H. Berry, David E.
Kanouse, and Angela Miu, “Does Watching Sex on
Television Predict Teen Pregnancy? Findings from a
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30. THANK YOU!
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