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Children's Exposure to Pornography - The Report

The British Government commissioned four universities to join in a major study of the research literature on pornography.  

 

This study synthesized as comprehensively as possible within the constraints of a given timetable an overview of key findings. This overview would be used by government agencies to guide public policy on pornography.  

 

The findings of this report led to a national fight on pornography which I covered in a previous Eric Note.  

 

The significance of this study's findings cannot be underestimated.    

Therefore I will report it in a series of three Eric Notes. 

  1. This note reports on the problem of our children's exposure to pornography.
  2. Next week, I'll summarize the study's conclusions about the result of this exposure on our children.
  3. The third week, I'll share the study's recommendations for a response to the problem.

The study reviewed 41,000 literature pieces and "confidently concluded" the following:  

 

FINDING 1: A significant proportion of children are exposed to pornography.  

 

FINDING 2: Children's exposure to pornography occur both online and offline: magazines, videos, television and books, with the internet becoming more dominant. Accessing pornography through one method appears to be positively related to accessing it through others.  

 

FINDING 3: Exposure to pornography increases with age; there is greater risk of exposure with increasing age. Contradictory findings exist in relation to age of first exposure, with variations from 10 to 17 years old.  

 

FINDING 4: Exposure is more prevalent than (ostensibly) deliberate access. However, some studies report significant numbers of children accessing pornography.  

 

FINDING 5: There are gender differences in exposure and access to pornography.   

  • Boys are more likely to be exposed to pornography than girls.  
  • Boys are more likely to access, seek or use pornography.  
  • Boys are exposed to pornography more frequently.  
  • Boys generally view pornography with a more positive attitude.
  • Boys generally state that they view it primarily out of curiosity.
  • Girls generally report that pornography is unwelcome and socially distasteful.  
  • Girls generally report that they feel much more uncomfortable when viewing pornography.  

Next week: The result of this pornography exposure on our children.  

 

(Horvath, M. A., Alys, L., Massey, K., Pina, A., Scally, M., & Adler, J. R. (2013). Basically... porn is everywhere. London: The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC). Retrieved from http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_667)

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