Along with real-time news, cat videos, and pop-up ads, the Internet has given us greater access than ever before to a decried—but certainly desired—product: pornography.

It’s widely assumed that the number of people watching sexually explicit material has increased as a result of its widespread availability. But is this really true? And if so, has it substantially changed public attitudes toward porn?

Newly published research suggests the answers are yes, and no, respectively.

“A look at shifting attitudes and behaviors from 1973 to 2012 finds porn viewership has increased substantially among young adults,” a research team led by Brigham Young University economist Joseph Price writes in the Journal of Sex Research.

Read the article “Pornography Consumption on the Rise” on psmag.com.