Pornography and Violence: An Analysis of Scientific Evidence

The article analyzes the complexity of the relationship between the consumption of pornography and manifestations of aggression, rejecting simplified theses about an unequivocal causal link. The author points to the problem of distinguishing between the socialization effect and the selection effect—a situation where individuals with predispositions toward aggression consciously choose brutal content. The text emphasizes the importance of methodological rigor and notes that meta-analysis results often differ due to different operationalizations of concepts such as 'aggression' or 'sexualized media.' The conclusions suggest that science currently does not provide a basis for adopting absolute formulas, and every correlation requires careful interpretation in the context of third variables and individual characteristics of the viewer.