Abstract
In India, the advent of internet pornographic has become widespread, resulting in 30 percent to 70 percent of web traffic (Ghosh, 2015). Studies reveal that, extensive viewing of pornography has a disastrous impact on one??s life as it alters the brain and the aftermath also includes increased rates of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, aggression and violence of women. The study sort to understand the impact of pornographic on rural youth of Vellore District (Tirupattur) of Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 853 college going youth were chosen at random for the study. The results highlighted the fact that; a vast majority of the respondents stated that they had access to pornography via their mobile phones and personal computers. More than half (51.8 percent) stated that they struggled with the urge to control their addiction and also reported aggression in their behaviour, with increased levels of anxiety, depression and low self- esteem. The study revealed that pornography does affect the rural youth in their behaviour, eating habits and creates addiction.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Data Availability
The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].
Funding
This work did not receive any external funding.
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