Neil Malamuth

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Neil Malamuth
Education University of California, Los Angeles
Known for Sexual violence
Effects of pornography
Awards1987 John Kendall Award for contributions to psychology from Gustavus Adolphus College
Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary psychology
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis A Systematic analysis of the relationship between group shifts and characteristics of the choice dilemmas questionnaire  (1975)
Notable students Bruce J. Ellis

Neil Moshe Malamuth is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for his research on sexual violence and the effects of pornography on its viewers. [1] [2] [3] He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. [4]

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Education and early career

Malamuth earned his bachelor's ,master's and Ph.d degrees in psychology at UCLA, where early research appointments at the Center for Computer-Based Behavioral Studies and training in behavior therapy grounded his career in experimental rigor and applied relevance. [5]

Academic career

After initial teaching and research posts at UCLA in the 1970s, Malamuth joined the University of Manitoba, serving as assistant and then associate professor of psychology.

He returned to UCLA in the early 1980s as a faculty member in Communication and psychology, and soon took on academic leadership as chair of the Communication Studies Program and of the Speech Department. [6]

From 1991 to 1994, he was professor and chair of Communication at the University of Michigan, where he was also affiliated with the Institute for Social Research. [4]

He rejoined UCLA in 1994 and remained there through the rest of his career, chairing Communication Studies for more than a decade and holding affiliations with the Center for the Study of Women and the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics. [1]

Research

Malamuth is known for the Confluence Model of sexual aggression. The model identifies two primary risk pathways: hostile masculinity, marked by distrust, dominance, and hostility toward women, and impersonal sexuality, characterized by emotionally detached, promiscuous sexual behavior, and shows that their interaction sharply elevates the likelihood of sexually aggressive conduct. [7] In subsequent studies, he and collaborators demonstrated that secondary influences such as pornography exposure, peer norms, substance use, and low empathy tend to heighten risk primarily among men who are already high on the two core traits. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Murphy, Heather (2017-10-30). "What Experts Know About Men Who Rape". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ↑ Fidgen, Jo (2013-06-25). "Do we know whether pornography harms people?". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ↑ Alberta, Tim (October 2018). "How the GOP Gave Up on Porn". Politico. Malamuth, the UCLA professor and godfather of the porn research community, says he has taught a course on sexuality and women's studies for decades.
  4. 1 2 "Neil Malamuth CV" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Neil Malamuth". UCLA Communication. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  6. ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1989-02-13). "Science / Medicine: Sexual Aggression Studied". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  7. ↑ Saqib, Sundus; Davidson, Myles (2023). "The Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression: The Role of Pornography as a Secondary Risk Factor". Sexual Offending (Trier, Germany). 18 e13005. doi:10.5964/sotrap.13005. ISSN   2699-8440. PMC   11789437 . PMID   39901983.
  8. ↑ Pappas, Stephanie (2012-03-23). "Is Porn Bad For You? Santorum Brings Up Tricky Question". Live Science. Retrieved 2025-11-05.


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