EC Gynaecology

Viewing sexually explicit content or pornography has become increasingly commonplace. Many of the adolescent girls do not anticipate or expect that viewing pornography will negatively influence their sexual lives. The fact remains that usage of porn contents often significantly impacts the users as well as their family, workplace, and community (besides “negatively impacting sexual health of those who view pornography”). According to research findings, adolescent girls (including boys), in the present day situation, have access to pornography more frequently than ever before. However, it is pertinent to note that they may be more vulnerable to the (negative) effects of pornographic contents. The author of this work argues that early exposure to pornography use among adolescent girls can result in (a) “delinquent behaviour”, (b) “high-risk sexual behaviour”, and (c) “substance use” (including addiction to ‘alcohol’ and ‘smoking’). This review paper aims at researching into implications of pornography on sexual health of adolescent girls. It is based on secondary data. The paper briefly concludes that early sexual debut, unsafe sex, and multiple sexual partners are some of the harmful consequences of exposure to pornography among girls during adolescence.

 Keywords: Pornography; Sexual Health; Reproductive Health; Adolescent Girls; Teenagers; Sexual Arousal; HIV and AIDS; STDs; Unplanned Pregnancy

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