![]() ![]() “However, contrary to popular sentiment-and our own hypotheses-we found no evidence for and much evidence against the suggestion that religious individuals have a more pronounced social desirability bias against the reporting of pornography consumption than the irreligious. Religion appears to be protective against porn use. This suggests that the state-wide comparisons may be less reliable than anonymous surveys in which each subject’s level of religiosity is identified. In fact, religious people may be more honest than secular individuals about porn use. Grubbs found no evidence for religious individuals lying about their porn use. ![]() The problem with such claims is that nearly every study that employed anonymous surveys had found lower rates of porn use in religious individuals. The “religious people are lying” hypothesis rested on a few state-wide studies, which suggested that conservative or religious states might use more porn. Joshua Grubbs tested his hypothesis that religious individuals are more likely to lie about their porn use (in anonymous surveys studies or to researchers). In Social Desirability Bias in Pornography-Related Self-Reports: The Role of Religion (2017), Dr. ![]() UPDATE: The points made below have now been affirmed in peer-reviewed research. ![]()
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