Entire school year groups have seen porn, children’s watchdog says (News)

Posted on April 4, 2013, in Children, News, Societal, Teens

READ ARTICLE HERE Entire year groups of young teenage children in schools have watched adult pornography, the children’s watchdog has warned. Sue Berelowitz, deputy children’s commissioner, suggested that the scale of access to adult pornography among children is now so widespread that it should trigger “moral panic” among parents, schools and the Government about what [...]

Porn Identity (News)

Posted on April 2, 2013, in Addiction, Brain Science, News, Psychological

Find Article Here Many strangers give Dr William Struthers a quizzical look when he tells them what he does for a living. Some women even turn their eyes away in embarrassment. The American biopsychologist studies sexual arousal, but specifically what parts of the human brain light up, and what chemicals are unleashed, when people watch [...]

Parents’ group fights FCC bid to loosen indecency rules (News)

Posted on April 2, 2013, in Indecency, News, Pornography Laws

The Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, is pushing back against the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to soften its policy against indecent radio and TV content. Tim Winter, the president of the Parents Television Council, said in a statement late on Monday that the FCC’s announcement is “deeply vexing.” “It unnecessarily weakens a decency [...]

Military sexual assault victims testify before Congress (News)

Posted on March 22, 2013, in Military, News

  WASHINGTONSgt. Rebecca Havrilla, the lone female member of a bomb squad in eastern Afghanistan, was allegedly raped days before she was supposed to go back to the United States. “The rape,” she said, “was the ‘ironic icing on the cake.’” What started in basic training in January of 2004 with sexual jokes, innuendoes and [...]

Children watching YouTube are ‘three clicks’ away from explicit material (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Children, Internet, Internet Safety, News

Children who watch Peppa Pig and Rastamouse on YouTube are an average of three clicks away from videos with explicit content, according to a study. An examination of YouTube’s “suggested videos” – which sit alongside children’s favourites – found that it was easy to access clips including nudity and violence. The study highlights the risks [...]

Study: Porn Addiction Increasing as Technology Proliferates Access (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Addiction, Internet, News

San Francisco psychotherapist Michael Halyard, MFT describes a University of Sydney study showing an increase in porn addiction as technology explodes access. Problems related to porn are explored and solutions are offered. Recent study confirms what therapists already know–the Internet and other new technologies have been spurring an increase in pornography use. A University of Sydney [...]

Inspections found Air Force porn, offensive items (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Military, News

WASHINGTON — Hoping to fight sexual assault in its own ranks, the Air Force said today a sweep of air base offices worldwide found thousands of suspect materials ranging from pornographic films to a beer bong. It’s not clear what the inspection, and the odd assortment of items it turned up, tells Air Force leaders [...]

Air Force Leaders Testify on Culture That Led to Sexual Assaults of Recruits (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Military, News, Sexual Violence

WASHINGTON — A weak command structure and a climate of fear among female personnel created the conditions that led to widespread instances of sexual assault of Air Force recruits by their instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, senior Air Force commanders said Wednesday. On the eve of a Pentagon announcement that it will lift the [...]

Children and the culture of pornography: ‘Boys will ask you every day until you say yes’ (OPINION)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Children, News, Societal, Teens

The death of 13-year-old Chevonea Kendall-Bryan has driven the debate on the sexualisation of the young to fever pitch, but what will we do about it? There is a storm coming. I can feel it as I stand on a street corner in south London, thinking about my daughters. Lily and Rose are both 11 [...]

Porn turned thousands of British children into sex offenders, report says (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Children, News, Psychological, Sexual Violence, Teens

LONDON, March 4, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pornography and depictions of sexuality have turned more than 4,500 British children – some of them as young as five – into sexual offenders, according to a UK-based child welfare charity. A Freedom of Information Act request showed that 4,562 minors – 98 percent of them boys – committed [...]