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Does 'rape culture' accurately describe (many) societies?

From the report:
3. Children are most likely to see pornography by accident • More than a quarter (27%) of respondents had seen online pornography by the age of 11. • Some respondents reported having seen pornography by the age of “6 or younger”. • 59% reported seeing pornography online by accident up from 38% in 2023.

Using a computer or phone given to them by their parents though an internet provider paid for and provided by their parents, while living in their parents house.

It's a mystery how any of this could have been prevented. Just a complete enigma...
 
Is this another way of saying that such content becomes normalised in the mind of such a person - that they think it is normal in the real world?
More or less. For example, I expect many young men are surprised by a woman's actual response during sex and what women actually find sexually pleasurable compared to what is typically depicted in porn. I.e., women =/= handy receptacle for masturbation.

Young women are (hopefully) also surprised that many men actually want them to enjoy having sex as part of their enjoyment of sex.
 
Using a computer or phone given to them by their parents though an internet provider paid for and provided by their parents, while living in their parents house.

It's a mystery how any of this could have been prevented. Just a complete enigma...
And plastic pollution is caused by end users of products that contain and are wrapped in the stuff. The producers of plastic and manufacturers that incorporate it into their products are not responsible at all for the problem.
 
And plastic pollution is caused by end users of products that contain and are wrapped in the stuff. The producers of plastic and manufacturers that incorporate it into their products are not responsible at all for the problem.

A poor analogy at best.

If you want food, it comes in plastic. There's little choice.

If you don't want your child to have access to the internet, don't give your child access to the internet. It's not difficult. If your child needs access to the internet, supervise them, like you would if they were crossing the street or learning how to ride a bike or doing anything else with the potential for harm.

The great wailing and gnashing of teeth by those who have caused the problem and want someone else to solve it is hypocrisy of the highest order.

If you choose to be a parent, then be a parent.

If you can't be a parent, by dint of lack of time, money, property or any other reason, don't be a parent.
 
If you don't want your child to have access to the internet, don't give your child access to the internet. It's not difficult. If your child needs access to the internet, supervise them, like you would if they were crossing the street or learning how to ride a bike or doing anything else with the potential for harm.
It's ridiculously easy. All we did is keep the computer my kid used on the kitchen table, didn't let him have a phone seeing as how they were banned at his middle school and didn't let him take a tablet into his bedroom.
 
More or less. For example, I expect many young men are surprised by a woman's actual response during sex and what women actually find sexually pleasurable compared to what is typically depicted in porn. I.e., women =/= handy receptacle for masturbation.

Young women are (hopefully) also surprised that many men actually want them to enjoy having sex as part of their enjoyment of sex.
This is also why education is so important.
 
It's ridiculously easy. All we did is keep the computer my kid used on the kitchen table, didn't let him have a phone seeing as how they were banned at his middle school and didn't let him take a tablet into his bedroom.
Did it work?
 
Did it work?
As far as we can tell. Nothing weird on the occasions we checked his browser history and installed programs. True, he could have discovered private browsing and been a porn hound while we weren't looking but there's no indication of that. We didn't let him have a computer in his bedroom until the pandemic and high school went online but he just had to have a computer with a graphics card in it to game with.

So far, nobody's charged him with any offences.
 
Education is going to consist of a few, possibly a dozen sessions. Porn is going to be on tap 24/7/365. Think of the human brain as an AI model being trained on examples.
What would you suggest is the solution? How can we ensure that children don't see porn?
 
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What would you suggest is the solution. How can we ensure that children don't see porn?

The same way it's always been done. By parents not, metaphorically speaking, leaving a big, unlocked box of porn in their childrens' room.

Children are accessing porn solely through devices and services they can only obtain through their parents. A child's parents are the gatekeepers for every harmful thing they are ever likely to want to access.

How do we stop children eating too much ice cream? - don't give them ice cream.

How do we stop children not obtaining power tools? Don't give them unsupervised access to power tools.

How do we stop children accessing porn? By not providing them the means to do so.

I really don't see what's so difficult about that. As a parent, it's one's bloody job to ensure your child does not obtain or access, unsupervised, that which may cause harm.
 
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Just curious..
What exactly, are the cited experts saying is the observable impact on society due to juvenile access to porn?

I apologize if it's been elucidated early on.
In 2023, child experts (headed by Barnardo's) said that the harm to children is so severe that we should not be waiting for the Online Safety Act. Children are acting out what they see in porn. Most child abuse (in the UK at least) is perpetrated by children.


 
In 2023, child experts (headed by Barnardo's) said that the harm to children is so severe that we should not be waiting for the Online Safety Act. Children are acting out what they see in porn. Most child abuse (in the UK at least) is perpetrated by children.



Through what means are the accessing this porn?
 
In 2023, child experts (headed by Barnardo's) said that the harm to children is so severe that we should not be waiting for the Online Safety Act. Children are acting out what they see in porn. Most child abuse (in the UK at least) is perpetrated by children.
Severe, huh?

Is that supposed to be an answer to my question:
"What exactly, are the cited experts saying is the observable impact on society due to juvenile access to porn?"

Millions are being damaged. How is this damage being measured?

Hmmm.

Sir? What would you say is the impact and results of mercury contamination in our rivers and streams?
Well, it is severe ..
 
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Severe, huh?
That is what child experts are saying. Perhaps you'd like to cite one that isn't?
Is that supposed to be an answer to my question:
"What exactly, are the cited experts saying is the observable impact on society due to juvenile access to porn?"
Yes.
Millions are being damaged. How is this damage being measured?
I mentioned children acting out what they see.
Sir? What would you say is the impact and results of mercury contamination in our rivers and streams?
Well, it is severe ..
Are you saying children are not being harmed?
 
Through what means are the accessing this porn?
A quote from:

Child sexual abuse expert Sarah works with children who are displaying signs of inappropriate sexual behaviour. She also trains other professionals who work with children

I started out as a primary school teacher eight years ago, and I’ve been worried about children seeing porn ever since. Children don’t have to be able to type to see porn – it can be sent to them or shown to them on someone else’s phone. They see it at school, in the corridors, in the bathrooms, on the bus. There is just no censor on any of it – one video leads to another. If you can imagine it, it exists as porn, and children are seeing it.
 
A quote from:

Child sexual abuse expert Sarah works with children who are displaying signs of inappropriate sexual behaviour. She also trains other professionals who work with children

I started out as a primary school teacher eight years ago, and I’ve been worried about children seeing porn ever since. Children don’t have to be able to type to see porn – it can be sent to them or shown to them on someone else’s phone. They see it at school, in the corridors, in the bathrooms, on the bus. There is just no censor on any of it – one video leads to another. If you can imagine it, it exists as porn, and children are seeing it.

On devices entirely facilitated by parents? Either their own or others, then?

And that's the main corridor for this exposure?

Or is the main corridor the computer or phone provided by their parents?

I would also suggest that, without actual data, the people quoted in that article have massively skewed samples, given that one "works with children who are displaying signs of inappropriate sexual behaviour", one "has worked within the field of child sexual abuse for 16 years." and one "is a senior social worker who has worked with children for over 30 years".

Their observations, and they are only anecdotal, are not data.
 
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