Comments on: Study: Children Bombarded With Online Porn

66 Percent Of Children Who Have Seen Internet Porn Images Said It Was Unsolicited

[CBSTV]

If we need another example of society's bizarre attitude towards S-E-X, notice how the "S" word was replaced by asterisks in the below message.

[CBSTV]

When will Americans stop squirming in their seats and giggling nervously when they see images of naked humans and adults having ***? Is there something inherently evil about the body in its natural form? Is sexual activity a shameful act?

I think our uneasiness with nudity and *** stems from the misguided lessons of our parents and religious institutions. When I was a kid, I didn't feel that images of *** were taboo until my mother said they were "dirty" and "forbidden." When you grow up with these values around you, it's hard to dismiss them even as an adult.

How does society advance beyond this Puritanical nonsense? Begin by letting young people pursue their own natural curiosity about ***. The sky will not come tumbling down, and the next generation of Americans might have one fewer silly hang-up.

[swiftyj1]

I agree - it does NOT just pop up on the screen. Those kids were searching for it.

[syphlis]

in the 17 YEARS i've been using the F**king internet i've never just *stumbled* on porn unless i was searching for it, this "survey" doesn't prove anything

[sanityindeed]

This is very misleading... Let's see. an adult calls up a parent and gets their permission to talk to their child about on-line pornography... and the kids are expected to be giving open and honest replys? I mean with mom or dad probably in the room listening to the conversation? "So have you ever seen on-line porn?" "Well, yes..." "And did you go there deliberately?" "OH NO, OF COURSE NOT... it, err, JUST POPPED UP ON MY SCREEN!!" Riiggghhhttttt...
If you know ANYTHING about the Internet you know things usually don;t "just pop up" unless you are looking for them. If you go to Google and search on "Care Bears"... a naked couple engaged in *** acts RARELY 'pops-up' on MY SCREEN!!!???
I must be doing something wrong... hummmmm....

[olebd]

Heck, I can remember being 7 or 8 back in the 70's and my friends and I stumbled upon our parents porn without any ill effects. Kids 10-17 know exactly what they are doing on the computer and are not "victims" by their own (intended) actions. They'll "find" it any way they can! Just part of the hormonal urge.

[anopinion1]

most statistics out their are just plain garbage, and this one follows the trend.
Some idiots call 1000 households out of the millions of households we have around the U.S. and spoon feed the people to get them to say what they wanna hear.
(even if they dont do this it is still way way way to small of a # of people talked to in these studies)
I hate the ones that say their is a +/- 3 % margin of error like they any clue what is going on.

[politicalnow]

I am in legal suit to prevent pornography from being forced on children. It is very simple to stop but litigation shows that the Federal Judiciary in is immoral accord like watching and getting free porn.

You already know I am suing over this criminal behavior. The problem being is that some people like a corrupt judiciary.

[nothappyatall]

Oh come off it, TRAUMATIZE?? boys age 10-17 seeing nudephotos and porn??? I've been on the net for 13 years and hard core porn does not simply pop up by "accident" unless you are visiting an adult oriented web site.


"Still, many survey participants said they were not disturbed by what they saw,"

Then what's the PROBLEM? those were obviously not "traumatized"

How MANY were in this survey? it doesn't even say, so the number of kids surveyed could drastically affect the results and not be correctly extrapolated as an accurate national representation.

[bluestardad]

Yea the little beggars pull the stuff up on their own! Then say it was an accident when they get caught!