Meghan Donevan

ORCID: 0000-0003-3761-6186
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Research Areas
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Asian Culture and Media Studies

Marie Cederschiöld University
2021-2025

Umeå University
2024-2025

Uppsala University Hospital
2017

Purpose While research and public debate have increasingly focused on the effects of pornography consumption, experiences those documented in been largely overlooked. This study aims to address this gap by examining vulnerabilities health risks faced population.

10.1080/08039488.2025.2464634 article EN cc-by Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 2025-02-16

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the association between watching pornography and poor mental health in three repeated cross-sectional surveys Sweden (2004, 2009, 2014) among high school seniors (13,277 students) with an average age 18 years. same index questions concerning ever having watched frequency during last year were combined different measures psychological background control variables multiple logistic regression forward stepwise models. did not find any consistent...

10.1007/s00787-022-01992-x article EN cc-by European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022-05-07

Purpose: While research and public debate have increasingly focused on the effects of pornographyconsumption, experiences those documented in pornography been largely overlooked. This study aims to address this gap by examining vulnerabilities health risks faced population. Materials methods: Individuals aged 18 older Sweden were recruited participate face-to-face interviews. A total 120 participants completed study-specific questions standardized questionnaires their background,...

10.31234/osf.io/a968c_v2 preprint EN 2025-02-18

Despite extensive research and public discourse on the effects of pornography consumers, little attention has been given to experiences those filmed for its production. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 28 individuals pornography, we explored what represents them implications their lives. Through reflexive thematic analysis, identified three main themes: Coercion behind illusion desire, A record, Enduring impacts. Our findings challenge notion that predominantly features sexual acts...

10.1177/10778012251319300 article EN cc-by Violence Against Women 2025-02-21

10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103029 article EN cc-by Women s Studies International Forum 2024-12-10

Pornography has become increasingly prevalent and normalized within society, raising questions about how today's adolescents might differ in their responses to attitudes toward pornography compared earlier generations. This study begins fill this gap by comparing cross-sectional data from two cohorts of high school students Sweden 2004 (

10.1080/00224499.2024.2408269 article EN cc-by The Journal of Sex Research 2024-10-03

Despite being a global, billion-dollar industry, very little is known about the conditions women face within pornography industry. The aim of this study was to explore women’s experiences in production, with particular focus on structural antecedents entrance, coercion, and violence as well current needs any barriers exiting Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted nine production Sweden. Participants identified young age, financial insecurity, earlier exposure sexualized...

10.23860/dignity.2021.06.03.01 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Dignity A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence 2021-05-01

Pornography has been perceived as existing separate from prostitution and trafficking. We suggest that pornography, prostitution, trafficking overlap conceptually empirically. discuss similarities between pornography other arms of the sex trade such escort, street, or massage via a review survivor testimony research. Women used in production suffer same adverse antecedents those including poverty, childhood sexual abuse, racism, domestic violence, cultural mainstreaming sexism. These factors...

10.17979/arief.2021.6.1.7312 article EN cc-by-sa Atlánticas Revista Internacional de Estudios Feministas 2021-12-31

Purpose: While research and public debate have increasingly focused on the effects of pornography consumption, experiences those filmed for been largely overlooked. This study aims to address this gap by examining vulnerabilities health risks faced population. Materials methods: Individuals aged 18 older in Sweden were recruited participate face-to-face interviews. A total 120 participants completed a combination study-specific questions standardized questionnaires their background,...

10.31234/osf.io/a968c preprint EN 2024-10-09

My thesis (DEVS 502) critiques ``practitioners of development'' for promoting the Internet as a development tool in Africa while ignoring issue pornography. It demonstrates that theincreased availability and exposure to pornography is likely adversely affect lives both men women. Pornography fails promote safer sex population at significant risk HIV/AIDS. perpetuates constrictive notions femininity masculinity, portraying conquering submissive women, making male satisfaction only important...

10.24908/iqurcp.8970 article EN Inquiry Queen s Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings 2016-02-05
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