UK sounds alarm over child exposure to violent porn

The report from Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza found 10% of children had seen pornography by the age of nine and 79% had seen violent pornography ‘depicting coercive, degrading or pain-inducing sex acts’ by the age of 18. — Dreamstime/TNS

LONDON: A UK government-sponsored report on Jan 31 sounded the alarm over children viewing violent pornography, warning that as a result they may expect sex to include acts such as strangulation.

The report from Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza found 10% of children had seen pornography by the age of nine and 79% had seen violent pornography “depicting coercive, degrading or pain-inducing sex acts” by the age of 18.