‘I identified with what she said’: Billie Eilish remarks on porn resonate in UK
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Singer’s comments may help children and adults to have better conversation, say experts, amid calls to change online safety bill.
By Harriet Grant and Dan Milmo
When Billie Eilish said this week that viewing pornography at a young age had ‘devastated’ her, 19-year-old Jay recognised the feeling and the experience.
‘I really identified with what she said. I first saw porn at about 12 or 13 on social media; it came up on Instagram and boys at school would show it around and laugh,’ says Jay, who preferred not to use her real name. ‘Boys talked a lot about porn, especially as we got older. It was less socially acceptable for girls to say they watched it, though we all did, I think.’
Jay, who attended a mixed comprehensive in south-west England, said pornography had ‘really affected how I view my body and sex’. She added: ‘It’s now I’m older and I’m having sex that I am aware that I have a strong feeling of how sex should be performed and this makes me really sad. I don’t know how to un...
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