Jan 11, 2023 19:00:00

73% of children have seen pornography on the net and more than half of the children are watching pornography at least once a week

The spread of PCs and smartphones has created an environment where anyone can access pornographic content anytime, anywhere. A survey conducted by

Common Sense , a non-profit organization that studies the relationship between children and the digital world, found that 73% of teens view pornographic content. The survey results contain a lot of interesting information such as 'percentage of unintentionally viewing pornographic content' and 'frequency of viewing pornographic content'.

Teens and Pornography | Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/teens-and-pornography

Common Sense conducted an online survey of 1,358 men and women between the ages of 13 and 17. As a result, it turned out that 73% of the surveyed had seen pornographic content.

Below is a diagram summarizing porn viewing experience divided into heterosexual boys and heterosexual girls. Seventy-five percent of boys had viewed pornography, and 52% intentionally viewed pornography. In addition, 70% of girls had viewed pornography, and 36% intentionally viewed pornography.

As a result of asking the age at which they first viewed pornography, 15% 'started watching by the age of 10', 54% 'started watching by the age of 13', and 'started by the age of 17' It was 73%. The average age of first viewing porn was 12 years old.

Regarding the frequency of viewing pornography, 59% answered 'more than once a week' and 31% answered 'less than once a week.'

Below are the results of asking whether pornography was intentionally viewed or accidentally viewed. 15% answered that they read everything intentionally, and 29% answered that they read it intentionally and accidentally. The remaining 29% answered that they 'accidentally browsed everything'.

When asked what type of porn they viewed, 33% viewed consensual pornographic content and 52% viewed pornographic content containing violent acts.

The result of asking about the impression of pornographic content is like this. 45% recognized pornographic content as 'information useful for sexual activity', and 27% recognized pornographic content as 'content that accurately depicts sexual activity'.

43% answered that they had 'discussed pornographic content with adults' and 57% answered that they had 'never discussed pornographic content with adults'.

Common Sense said in response to the findings, ``The findings show that it is time for us to talk about pornography. However, pornographic content is not made for teens and we do not want children to be exposed to pornographic content accidentally. We need to prevent it,' he said.