Pornification and porn exposure.

[Uniquemind]

There is a lot of debate, especially by adults, over the damage of youth seeing sexually explicit material in everyday TV, online material (included live instant video chats), and in product advertising in stores, billboards, and from peers.


My question is during that transition during pre-puberty, puberty, and post-puberty, did/do you feel the effects of such exposure? If you did were you even aware of any changes of how seeing such materials shaped your own perception of sexuality (and sexuality's power) of others and about yourself?


So here's a questionaire:

1. How old were you when you started being self-conscious about your body?

2. Are you male/female/other/decline to state?

3. How old were you when you were exposed to seeing sexual intercourse?

4. How old were you when you saw porn for the first time?

5. If you saw porn was it softcore or hardcore? (Aka: nudes or actual video of the sex acts occurring?)

6. How often are you exposed to regular advertisements online or in public places that make you self-conscious about yourself regarding body image?

7. Do products that are sold like clothes that are in style, pressure you to change your body, so you can fit into them to match a beauty profile?

8. Did any of these factors cause you to be pressured into performing sexual acts before you were ready? (Factors: media pressure, peer pressure, desire to imitate what you saw out of innocent curiousity?)

9. (Applies to older teens only) If you are an older teen near the legal label of being an adult, in retrospect do you think or feel early exposure to adult advertising harmed you as a youth or even caused lasting harm to you as an older teen or young adult?


10. Ultimately do you agree or disagree with the argument claiming early exposure to pornographic or overtly sexual material, while at a young age harms the individual's mental development (Psycho-social development) during pre-puberty or puberty? OR Do you think it helps spark needed conversations parents need to have with their children in today's society with today's threats? OR Do you think it has no effect and things are what they are and youth aren't as fragile as society likes to say they are?

[Echelon]

1. 12
2. Male
3. 12 or 13, the lines are blurred.
4. 12 or 13.
5. Soft.
6. Most days.
7. Not really.
8. No
9. N/A
10. I think it can affect your mental development to an extent. It can make people to crazy things to make themselves appear a certain way in their teen years and potentially later on in life. I think that adults shouldn't hide these things from their children. The children will see these things one way or another - especially at school or out in public.

[smff]

1. How old were you when you started being self-conscious about your body?
13 (few months ago)

2. Are you male/female/other/decline to state?
Male

3. How old were you when you were exposed to seeing sexual intercourse?
8-11 (accidental)

4. How old were you when you saw porn for the first time?
10 (accidental)

5. If you saw porn was it softcore or hardcore? (Aka: nudes or actual video of the sex acts occurring?)
Soft

6. How often are you exposed to regular advertisements online or in public places that make you self-conscious about yourself regarding body image?
Regularly, definitely a few times a week.

7. Do products that are sold like clothes that are in style, pressure you to change your body, so you can fit into them to match a beauty profile?
Not really.

8. Did any of these factors cause you to be pressured into performing sexual acts before you were ready? (Factors: media pressure, peer pressure, desire to imitate what you saw out of innocent curiousity?)
Nope.

9. (Applies to older teens only) If you are an older teen near the legal label of being an adult, in retrospect do you think or feel early exposure to adult advertising harmed you as a youth or even caused lasting harm to you as an older teen or young adult?
N/A


10. Ultimately do you agree or disagree with the argument claiming early exposure to pornographic or overtly sexual material, while at a young age harms the individual's mental development (Psycho-social development) during pre-puberty or puberty? OR Do you think it helps spark needed conversations parents need to have with their children in today's society with today's threats? OR Do you think it has no effect and things are what they are and youth aren't as fragile as society likes to say they are?
Depends on the child's maturity. I think that it should be avoided at a young age, but when they're older it can really help when you're getting distracted from your hormones.