Teens 'imitate porn scenes'
Teenage girls are coming under pressure to imitate pornographic scenes that are in widespread circulation among youngsters, it has been revealed.
A high number of secondary school pupils are accessing explicit material, with nearly 90 per cent of 13 to 17-year-olds telling pollsters they had seen porn.
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Teens 'imitate porn scenes'
Most watched online or on material sent to mobile phones.
The survey was carried out for Channel 4's The Sex Education Show Vs Pornography which discovered a third of teens thought pornography was "a good thing".
It included children from schools in Bristol.
Interviews with teenagers revealed some girls were making recordings to "entertain boys" by copying explicit scenes from films.
A 15-year-old girl told programme makers how her peers record themselves imitating pornographic scenes.
She said: "Girls will do things on webcams to entertain boys."
Another said: "Once they send the picture it gets used against them. The boy will say, 'Do more or I'll show everybody the pictures'. Everyone always regrets what they do."
One 14-year-old boy said children often received pornography on their mobile phones in class.
He said: "In class you'll hear, 'Oooohhhhhh ahhhhhh' when some one gets sent porn. It happens all the time."
One in five of those surveyed said they were sent unsolicited images on their mobile phones.
More than a quarter (28 per cent) of those quizzed said they learned about sex through watching pornography.
And one in seven said viewing porn had influenced their decision about whether to have sex.
The youngsters called for more sex education, with two-thirds saying they needed more information about sex, and 63% said they didn't discuss sex openly at home.
Around 80 per cent told pollsters their parents didn't know they were able to access pornographic material.
Pollsters interviewed secondary school pupils in Bristol, Norfolk, Bucks and London.
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by Mark, Bristol
Tuesday, March 31 2009, 9:52PM
“I think the issue here is more that its the girls themselves that are the content that is being distributed.
Years ago it was dodgy germans or overinflated americans, all good fun.
This news is about young girls (under the age of consent) performing and sending pics / vids of themselves.
That is what is wrong.”
by Ray, Bristol
Tuesday, March 31 2009, 7:46PM
“Given the choice, I would rather a 13/14 year old child of mine watch this sort of material, than the images often seen of children starving to death, and pictures of war zones,where people are killing each other.”
by Gary Glitter, Vietnam
Tuesday, March 31 2009, 5:54PM
“What porn scenes and where can I download them?”
by Gomem, East Bristol
Tuesday, March 31 2009, 5:00PM
“Huh?.. What has rap music got to do with pornography?
Rap and hip-hop music have been with us for 30 years now, and porn for much much longer.”
by David, Sneyd Park
Tuesday, March 31 2009, 4:28PM
“But Mark, one persons pleasure is anothers perversion. You're falling into the trap of making judgements against others based on your own particular morality. You don't have to get involved in S&M if you don't want to. And, maybe lay off those videos for a while, hey?”