General Article ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’– Young people and pornography

Topic Selected: Pornography Book Volume: 431

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At what age are children first exposed to pornography? 

The survey found that, of the young people who said that they had ever seen online pornography, the average age at which they had first seen it was 13. There is no significant difference by gender; girls are as likely as boys to have seen pornography at this age. This is consistent with BBFC and Revealing Reality research, which found a majority of young people had seen pornography by age 13.

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