​​​​Porn is closely connected to child sexual exploitation; It is impossible to know whether images viewed online were consensual and whether they depict either a child or someone who has been exploited since childhood.

 

Porn exposure starts early: Children with a smartphone are likely to encounter porn, intentionally or not.

 

Internet Porn is more accessible, more extreme, more addictive–and very difficult for parents to block. 

 

Porn portrays unrealistic sex: more violence, less consent, no relational context, unrealistic body images.

 

Porn hijacks the body’s natural sexuality:  Men are biologically wired to be visually aroused.  Internet porn offers a new, intensely arousing image at each click, swipe, or tap that delivers a flood of naturally occurring but addictive brain chemicals.

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Porn addiction is real: and adolescent brains are especially susceptible.

 

Porn addiction increases the risk of social isolation and relational difficulties.

 

Porn is used as a way to groom children for further sexual abuse.  Intentionally showing a child porn is actually considered a form of child sexual abuse.  

 

Porn use can lead the user to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM, formerly called child pornography, without any clear boundary or warning, and with severe and lifelong legal consequences. 

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