Pornography exposure is so “widespread and normalised” that children “cannot opt-out” – with some pupils being just nine-years-old when they see it for the first time.
New research involving young people aged 13 to 21 found that 64% of them had seen online pornography and that, of these, the average age of first exposure was 13.
Furthermore, 10% said they had seen porn for the first time at the age of nine and 27% at the age of 11.
The investigation by the Children’s Commissioner for England also reveals that 79% have encountered violent pornography by the time they are 18.
