Study Finds That Young Men Using Pornography Less Likely to Get Married

“Men who use pornography are less likely to get married, according to a study published last month that shows the easy accessibility of porn on the Internet has become a substitute for seeking a marriage partner among men ages 18 to 35. Authored by Michael Malcolm of the University of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and George Naufal of Timberlake Consultants, the paper, which was published by The Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, found that ‘Substitutes for marital sexual gratification may impact the decision to marry. We investigate the effect of Internet usage, and of pornography consumption specifically, on the marital status of young men,’ reads the abstract. ‘We show that increased Internet usage is negatively associated with marriage formation. Pornography consumption specifically has an even stronger effect. Instrumental variables and a number of robustness checks suggest that the effect is causal.’ ... Patrick A. Trueman, president of the anti-pornography group Morality in Media, said in a statement that the IZA paper showed how porn can harm society. ‘Pornography is a marriage killer and thus it has monumental negative ramifications for society's future,’ said Trueman. ‘Research has shown for some time that porn use in marriage destroys the marital bond, but now we can see that porn use destroys even the desire to get married.’”

“Study: Men Who Use Porn,” The Christian Post, Dec. 18, 2014

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