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In reply to the discussion: Pornography risks should be taught to children as young as five, say parents [View all]Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)The British survey indicated parents were in favor of some sort of education regarding porn as soon as children began using the internet. I agree with that, the internet has many pitfalls only some of them are sexual (Tea Party Sites). However there are a couple of issues I want to address.
Rehash of point 1: Dangerous adults, an adult can pose both a danger and a solution in cases of pedophilia. As Parents we need to give our children safe age appropriate ways of understanding, dealing with and reporting suspicious adult behavior. As second tier caregivers (teachers, neighbors, grandparents, etc), we need to do the same in regards to child/parent cases (the worst case scenario).
Rehash of Point 2: Porn out of context, persons without sexual curiosity (not the noticing of body differences, the urges associated with reaching a level of sexual maturity), I think would find the visuals of porn confusing. What looks violent may not be. The things adults do for completely acceptable reasons, can look weird. How can a child accept the don't bite rule confronted by pictures of love biting. I am concerned because a great deal of porn looks like naked pro-wrestling. If a child doesn't understand that pro-wrestling is fake, the potential for learning sex as only violent sex is increased. As a bit of empirical evidence I offer, that spousal abuse runs in families, the children learn it from observing their parents interacting.
I hope I cleared up my message.