This government poster summarizes some of the research that has revealed risks to adolescents from porn use.
The adverse impact of porn on adolescents and their sexuality includes such things as:
- unrealistic sexual expectations,
- normalizing sexual violence,
- engaging in riskier sex,
- compromising their privacy on the internet,
- affecting their sexual satisfaction by encouraging sex that is more impersonal,
- increasing promiscuity rates,
- increasing isolation,
- adversely affecting the brain’s frontal cortex,
- reducing attention span and memory,
- and risk of addiction.
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