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Even in the most conservative household it is all but impossible to keep kids who want it from enjoying porn. First, because the dad in the household may love porn (even though he cannot be open about it), and does all he can to reign in his wife. Secondly, because while it is possible to keep pornography out of the home - no computer, no cable TV, no cell phone pretty much takes care of that - the boy (or girl), unless home-schooled, also goes out of the home. He can see porn at a friend's house, on a school computer, at the public library. (Librarians in general are very pro-First Amendment and as a result porn-friendly.) He would hear about porn from one of the many articles about it (Internet porn) found in mainstream magazines and newspapers, the sort of things one finds, in the U.S., at a high school library. | Even in the most conservative household it is all but impossible to keep kids who want it from enjoying porn. First, because the dad in the household may love porn (even though he cannot be open about it), and does all he can to reign in his wife. Secondly, because while it is possible to keep pornography out of the home - no computer, no cable TV, no cell phone pretty much takes care of that - the boy (or girl), unless home-schooled, also goes out of the home. He can see porn at a friend's house, on a school computer, at the public library. (Librarians in general are very pro-First Amendment and as a result porn-friendly.) He would hear about porn from one of the many articles about it (Internet porn) found in mainstream magazines and newspapers, the sort of things one finds, in the U.S., at a high school library. | ||
Children also have, via the Internet, much more access to sexual information. Sexual information abounds there, specific to whatever age, gender, or ethnic group one wishes. The story of how this happened has not been told, but the U.S. has managed (through case law) to draw a line between informative works and those "utterly without redeeming social value", as the famous ____ decision put it, and has decided that minors do not need "protection" from sexual information. Ruth Westheimer, and others like her, can run sexual talk shows at times children may be present. Dan Savage's podcast "Savage Lovecast", which is as explicit as it can get, and which declares that it's objective is "to get our listeners laid", for which reason a mouthwash is an appropriate sponsor, is available with no age | Children also have, via the Internet, much more access to sexual information. Sexual information abounds there, specific to whatever age, gender, or ethnic group one wishes. The story of how this happened has not been told, but the U.S. has managed (through case law) to draw a line between informative works and those "utterly without redeeming social value", as the famous ____ decision put it, and has decided that minors do not need "protection" from sexual information. Ruth Westheimer, and others like her, can run sexual talk shows at times children may be present. Dan Savage's podcast "Savage Lovecast", which is as explicit as it can get, and which declares that it's objective is "to get our listeners laid", for which reason a mouthwash is an appropriate sponsor, is available with no age restriction. The information's out there, and it isn't hard to find. | ||
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Children today grow up in a far different sexual world than older readers of this wiki did. No more world in which Penthouse is the strongest porn you can get. Children today are surrounded by hard-core sex, including parents who deliberately don't conceal their fucking from their children. With the near-universality of the Internet, and the constant decrease in the cost of storage, porn has become abundant. Anyone with a computer connected to the Internet has access to all the porn one could want. It's anything but hard to find. The problem may be keeping it away.
Even in the most conservative household it is all but impossible to keep kids who want it from enjoying porn. First, because the dad in the household may love porn (even though he cannot be open about it), and does all he can to reign in his wife. Secondly, because while it is possible to keep pornography out of the home - no computer, no cable TV, no cell phone pretty much takes care of that - the boy (or girl), unless home-schooled, also goes out of the home. He can see porn at a friend's house, on a school computer, at the public library. (Librarians in general are very pro-First Amendment and as a result porn-friendly.) He would hear about porn from one of the many articles about it (Internet porn) found in mainstream magazines and newspapers, the sort of things one finds, in the U.S., at a high school library.
Children also have, via the Internet, much more access to sexual information. Sexual information abounds there, specific to whatever age, gender, or ethnic group one wishes. The story of how this happened has not been told, but the U.S. has managed (through case law) to draw a line between informative works and those "utterly without redeeming social value", as the famous ____ decision put it, and has decided that minors do not need "protection" from sexual information. Ruth Westheimer, and others like her, can run sexual talk shows at times children may be present. Dan Savage's podcast "Savage Lovecast", which is as explicit as it can get, and which declares that it's objective is "to get our listeners laid", for which reason a mouthwash is an appropriate sponsor, is available with no age restriction. The information's out there, and it isn't hard to find.
