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In a study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 70 percent of teenagers said they accidentally stumbled across porn online. Some experts say pornographic videos and images can color a teenager's ideas of what sex should be like even after they start experiencing it for themselves. Gail Danes, the author of a book called "Pornland," said for the average young teenage male, his first formative impression of sex is porn he might find on the Internet. In reality, he is catapulted into a world of sexual violence," Danes said. He has probably never had sex. Danes argues that pornography, which has never been easier to find and view, is "sexually traumatizing an entire generation of boys. And it's not just boys. Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart, who appeared in the indie documentary "Sexy Baby," said she was only 12 years old when she admitted she had seen porn and understood all its innuendos. Bonjean-Alpart is part of a new order of teenagers brought up in an era where explicit images can be found just about anywhere.
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The impact of porn on men has been studied, but little is known about how it could affect women. Between the ages of 11 and 16, Neelam watched porn most days. She quickly got over that initial shock. She wasn't alone. For Neelam, it started with a simple curiosity about sex.
The most shocking part is how utterly normal this sort of revelation has become - as an internet safety expert, it's just another day at the office. I ensured she's referred to a paediatric sex addiction therapist, which unfortunately is now a necessary thing. She started watching porn on YouTube on a suggestion from a classmate, then progressed down the bottomless rabbit hole of YouTube's increasingly horrifying suggestions and eventually started seeking out even more egregious forms of sexualised content on sites like PornHub. It's one of the many chilling but all too common experiences I've had in recent years, while looking into the gutter world of social media. In another haunting encounter, after I gave a student presentation on online safety, a Year 6 girl asked to speak with me privately.