New research has revealed the majority of Australian pornography consumers are not shady perverts, but religious, monogamous men and – increasingly – their partners.
The Porn Report, by academics Alan McKee, Kath Albury and Catharine Lumby delves into the Australia’s pornography industry and has turned up some interesting results.
Although typically associated with misogyny and disrespect for women the report has found most pornography users do not have disproportionately negative attitudes towards women.
When asked questions like “Should women get equal pay for equal work?” and “Would I mind working for a female boss?” regular pornography users did not fare worse than non-users.
28 per cent of pornography users are Labor voters and 24 per cent vote for the Coalition, while Greens voters (16 per cent), Democrats (9 per cent) and One Nation (3 per cent) made up the numbers.
22 per cent say the ABC is their most watched television station, while Ten follows on 20 per cent.
The report also found Queenslanders and West Australians consumer more porn per capita than the rest of the country.
Unsurprisingly, younger Australians are more liberal in their views toward porn than their parents while young women and couples are increasingly carving off a section of the adult market.
