Whatever the case, she found herself watching people do things she had never, ever seen before. So she went back. Each time was accompanied by the thoughts: This makes me feel different.

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Both Peggy Orenstein and Cara Natterson have children who — deliberately, I assume — are mentioned only occasionally in their excellent books about raising better boys. Instead, Orenstein relies on the revealing and sometimes painfully intimate interviews she conducted over the course of two years with boys aged 16 to 22, and Natterson draws from years of practical experience as a pediatrician, and her ability to boil down complicated scientific studies to their tablespoon of curative parental medicine. But the personal stakes for both authors are clear, and urgent. These writers are worried. Our boys get awkward and quiet; we parents get awkwarder and quieter. To her credit, Orenstein acknowledges her biases. Orenstein takes the same eagle-eyed approach to jock culture, rape culture, L.
The effects of porn: what the research says
The Internet has revolutionized communication, especially among teen girls. But, the very media platform that helps us connect also has allowed the pornography industry to explode. Thanks to the Internet, tweens and teens have an infinite catalog of pornographic images available with just the click of a mouse. Although stereotypes typically pin porn addiction on boys, a surprising number of young girls are also exposed and find themselves pulled into the dark world of pornography. In the earlier days of widespread Internet use by young girls, exposure to porn most often occurred through a pop-up ad that was innocently clicked or some curiosity that was carried out through a search engine. This conclusion is supported by a study titled, The Nature and Dynamics of Pornography Use Among Children , which surveyed more than college students and explored pornography exposure before age In this study, almost half of all surveyed girls
However, no funding was received for the material featured in this article. For many young people, pornography has become the default sex educator. Research evidence from around the world shows porn has harmful impacts on young people and adults alike. Read more: How male 'porn superfans' really view women.