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The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Unwanted and Wanted Exposure to Online Pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users (2007) · doi

  CONCLUSIONS: More research concerning the potential impact of Internet pornography on youth is warranted, given the high rate of exposure, the fact that much exposure is unwanted, and the fact that youth with certain vulnerabilities, such as depression, interpersonal victimization, and delinquent tendencies, have more exposure.

  Keywords: exposure youth fact conclusions concerning potential impact internet pornography warranted given high rate unwanted certain
• A global investigation of the Moral Incongruence Model of Pornography Use across genders, religions, and cultures (2026) · doi

  Despite pornography's global availability and PPU's recent official recognition as a manifestation of compulsive sexual behavior disorder, these problems remain poorly understood, primarily due to a lack of rigorous research beyond small, homogeneous samples.

  Keywords: despite pornography global availability recent official recognition manifestation compulsive sexual behavior disorder problems remain poorly
• The (Un)Equal Effect of Binary Socialisation on Adolescents’ Exposure to Pornography: Girls’ Empowerment and Boys’ Sexism from a New Representative National Survey (2023) · doi

  Due to the increasing trend in the use of pornography recorded in recent years, along with the decreasing age of its consumers, many studies have investigated its potential negative effects on adolescents, who are developing their social and sexual identity, often producing inconsistent results.

  Keywords: increasing trend pornography recorded recent years along decreasing consumers investigated potential negative effects adolescents developing
• Uncovering the Migration of Illicit Cultural Production: a Digital Ethnography of the jav Industry and Fan Communities in China (2025) · doi

  The limited research on pornography represents a critical omission given the widespread popularity of such content among the global youth and the imperative to comprehend the migration patterns of problematic or illicit cultural production across borders.

  Keywords: limited pornography represents critical omission given widespread popularity content among global youth imperative comprehend migration