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Excessive Pornography Linked to Sexual Aggression: Experts
News 18Behind many violent sex crimes, there may be excessive pornography consumption, health experts said on Thursday emphasising that certain types of pornographic content may influence aggression and sexual crime. “Excessive pornography can create disinhibition, desensitisation and can also result into thinking that this is a way of life, which distorts the perception of reality,” Sameer Parikh, Director – Head of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences Department, Fortis Healthcare, New Delhi, told IANS. According to Nand Kumar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, sexual violence is related to certain types of pornography that may influence aggression and sexual crime, depending upon the content of the pornography. The personality of the person along with duration and frequency of the exposure to pornographic contretemps also colours the sexual violence related to pornography,” Kumar told IANS.
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