Pornography and its impacts need to be situated within a broader framework of primary prevention and supporting the sexual safety and wellbeing of children and young people.Pornography may strengthen attitudes supportive of sexual violence and violence against women.
Pornography use can shape sexual practices and is associated with unsafe sexual health practices such as not using condoms and unsafe anal and vaginal sex.Young males are more likely than females to deliberately seek out pornography and to do so frequently.Nearly half of children between the ages of 9-16 experience regular exposure to sexual images.
