10/03/1993 -
Some male adolescents in American Society may be harmed by exposure to pornography. Unfortunately, little social scientific research directly addresses this issue, partly because of the severe ethical and political constraints on researchers who might attempt to conduct experiments. For example, an ethic committee is unlikely to approve an experiment in which a researcher exposed adolescents to pornography. Therefore, the discussion below is organized around several interrelated questions largely on inferences from related theory and research.