Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine university male students’ exposure to internet pornography, and its influence on sexual violence awareness status and sexual attitude to provide educational materials. Methods: Data were collected th...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine university male students’ exposure to internet pornography, and its influence on sexual violence awareness status and sexual attitude to provide educational materials. Methods: Data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from 286 male students who are attending universities in Seoul and Gyunggi-Do from August 20th to October 16th in 2017. 81 questionnaires in total were analyzed using mean, S.D, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe with SPSS 22.0. Result: The results summarized according to research subject matter are as follows. First, most of the participants watched pornography 1-2 times per week(36.0%), 20mins-30mins(57.0%), heterosexual intercourse(92.0%) by cell phone(52.4%). Second, general characteristics of male university students’ influenced by sexual violence awareness status and sexual attitude showed significant difference in 4 factors of sexual attitude according to general characteristics of male university students in order of ‘chastity’, ‘homosexuality’, ‘contraception’, and ‘sexual consciousness’. Third, the influence of male university students’ internet pornography exposures on sexual awareness and sexual attitude showed significant difference in sexual awareness according to ‘change in sexual behavior after watching pornography’. There was significant difference in 3 factors of sexual attitude according to exposure of university male students to internet pornography. Conclusion: This study suggest that sexual education development for male university students is needed in order to establish upright sexual values that can lead to healthy sexual behaviors.