We are facing an epidemic of pornography on the net of which the repercussions remain not fully understood. And it is frightening. With the click of a mouse, anyone, at any age, at any time can view porn online.
Porn sites are still tangled up by the “it is a free-speech issue” argument. The porn industry has were able to hold onto the theory that porn is victimless entertainment that involves only an individual and the consenting adults who participate. The law has yet to catch up with reality sufficient reason for technology. In a world where anyone can produce and upload porn videos or images, the web has become filled to the brim with hardcore pornography and disturbing content that nobody should be exposed to, let alone our children!
A report from the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J.,entitled, “The Social Costs of Pornography” points to new social science and brain research, and finds evidence that pornography causes multifaceted harms and warns that we will pay the price because of this.
Porn is teaching negative behaviors and attitudes towards sexuality. Even though for adults this can be a big problem, for children which are seeing it, this can be a disaster that may impact their capability to have any type of healthy sexual relationship if they grow up.
There is no quantity of education or warning that may prevent children from viewing pornography on the web today. The average child will dsicover porn by age eleven online. Children are curious, children share links by email, by chat, on smart phones… Really the only solution today is to install a porn filter on each computer that your child has access to. At home, friends, grandparents, school, the library, make certain a porn filter is installed using the pc. Demand it. It’s not going to go away if you ignore it.
