we found that only seven articles provided original data about the relationships between pornography and its audience in relation to porn literacy

However, much research on young people and pornography tends to isolate pornography from broader media ecologies (Goldstein, 2020). Further to this, a media studies approach to porn literacy can also (but rarely does) address the cinematic, technological and economic aspects of porn and its production and industries (Jenkins, 2004). However, most a

Khazan notes that the evidence on the issue is not clear: ‘Whether porn is actually harming the health of adults who watch it is frustratingly hard to determine’

When we call a representation ‘unrealistic’, we automatically imply that there could be a more ‘realistic’ representation. So – what would a more ‘realistic’ representation of sex look like?

what exactly is a happy, healthy sex life?

We do not have data about whether people who consume pornography have more or less pleasurable sex lives.

‘Pornographic messages were described as … depicting a distorted reality’

When we examined what academic research describes as ‘unrealistic’ sex in pornography we found that researchers commonly described or implied conservative sexual practices as realistic; while progressive sexual attitudes or minority sexual practices were described as unrealistic.

We do not have data about whether people who consume pornography have better levels of porn literacy.