pernicious porn is...

please remember to protect your children from internet viewing of these images. exposure at a young age can lead to a life long wake of damage to your now young one as well as all those who will have relationships with them (as partially evidence by this thread). i'm not saying that every person viewing now was exposed to porn as a child, although I believe many were and are. exposing porn to a minor is illegal at least in the states and is classified as child abuse. proof of intent versus accidental viewing i believe is up for interpretation. viewing porn at such a young age sets up some foundations of behavior that translates poorly into adult life. it often solidifies the masturbation and pornography pairing.

as an adult they can be left feeling ashamed, week, bad, disgusted, embarrassed, humiliated, helpless, misunderstood, regretful, sorry. their partners can be left with similar feelings adding trust and body issues. it leaves a gap in their relationship

as an adult dealing with this particular issue it has left me feeling at a loss that my 9 year old self accidentally found my dad's magazines "just stashed in the garage" or being taken to a playboy club or had SelectTV piped into my bedroom a few years later. my parents didn't force me to look, so I should have known better. right? it is only as adult many, many years later that i can process all this and start to separate my self from it. how sad to think that in my mid-20's i was going to keep my playboy collection so that it could be discovered by my sons.