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9 out of 10 children aged between the ages of 8 and 16 have viewed pornography on the Internet
Posted by Highplain • 9/26/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ., abuse, children, porno, pornography
9 out of 10 children aged between the ages of 8 and 16 have viewed pornography on the Internet, in most cases unintentionally (London School of Economics January 2002).
Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography: 11 years old (internet-filter-review.com).
Largest consumer of Internet pornography: 12 - 17 year-old age group (internet-filter-review.com).
Adult industry says traffic is 20-30% children (NRC Report 2002, 3.3).
Youth with significant exposure to sexuality in the media were shown to be 2.2 times more likely to have had intercourse at ages 14 to 16 (Report in Pediatrics, April, 2006).
This is a foorm of damaging abuse that needs to be addressed.
User Comments
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How do you propose it can be stopped-
simple, the parents should filter their internet access
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Simple filtering doesnt help all the time, also what about tvs, newspapers, magazines
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terrible figure, kid are going smart, whatever adult do they do. i agree that there is some kind of prevention. we must to stop this or to make it down -
Would you allow your child to play on a motorway with only a white stick to protect him/herself. Children can get round most filters.
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Funny how people have a problem with porn when children can also watch unedited footage of
Gangland executions,
Sports injuries/deaths,
Car crashes and their victims,
Executions such as beheadings,
Cruelty to animals
Happy slapping
school fights
Horrific accidents etc etc
Most of these are freely available at sights that require age verification only when you register.
Porn gives a false impression of sexual activity/preferences and how each gender is to be treated by the other. Not an ideal education it has to be said.
The list above however, which is only a small sample of what can be viewed, is psychologically damaging on so many levels it is a psychology thesis in its own right. -
What about the news shown on tv Ive always wondered how they can show the things they do when there is meant to be a watershed for stuff like that
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A very good point. I have noticed over the years how the images in the press and on the news have become more extreme. Maybe that is what the media has to do now to get a reaction out of people. You can only be exposed to horror so many times before it no longer bothers you. :S
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