Sexual Perception and Attitude of Young Urbanized Myanmar People Consuming Internet Pornography and Social Networking Channels

Abstract

A cross sectional study was carried out in one active Myanmar Facebook group (MMTCP) in February and March, 2013. The main purpose of this study was to identify association between consuming internet pornography and sexual perception and attitude of young urbanized Myanmar people (age 18 to 24) on Facebook. The data was collected through self-administered online survey by using SurveyMonkey. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as independent t-test and ANOVA test to examine the association between independent and dependent variables. The independent variables were chatting about sexual intercourse on social network, consuming pornographic related pages on social networks and consuming internet pornography and also knowledge and attitude toward internet pornography. The dependent variables were practice toward internet pornography and sexual perception and attitude scale. The results indicated that the prevalence of sex related chat on social network was 27.2%, the prevalence of pornographic related pages on social networking channels was 87.3% and the prevalence of internet pornography was 83.7% among 283 respondents. There were significant association between chatted about sexual intercourse on social network (t=8.24, p<0.05), consuming pornographic related pages on social networking channels (t=7.95, p<0.05), consuming internet pornography (t=5.08, p<0.05) and sexual perception and attitude scale. Based on results from this study, policy makers should develop comprehensive sex education program in line with local and cultural context to overcome negative impact of internet pornography. Also should raise parental awareness on emergence of internet pornography among young people.