64% of Aust children are learning about sex from porn

In the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition and Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS Let’s Talk About Sex: National Youth Survey, young people were asked to identify where they get informed about sex and sex education.

64% indicated porn as a source of information.

https://www.redaware.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lets-TalkAboutSex_AYACYEAH_FinalReport.pdf

One in 10 visitors of porn sites is under 10 years old

Some 10% of the visitors to porn video sites are less than 10 years old, Bitdefender research shows.

Most of the websites ask users to confirm they are 18 or older, but they cannot verify the real age of the visitors.

Sites most visited by children under 10 include xvideos, xnxx, and pornhub, according to internal intelligence of the Parental Control feature of Bitdefender’s security solutions.

“The research shows that, unless they are carefully supervised by their parents, children start visiting porn websites from an early age,” Bitdefender’s Senior e-Threat Analyst, Bogdan Botezatu says. “While porn sites only formally restrict minors, parents can easily take simple measures by installing security solutions with a Parental Control tool that can block access to unauthorized areas.”

11 years is the average age of first exposure

The average age of a child’s first exposure to pornography is 11 years of age according to research conducted in 2011 (see source below). It is possibly even younger than this today.

Elizabeth M. Morgan, “Association between young adults’ use of sexually explicit materials and their sexual preferences, behaviors, and satisfaction,” Journal of Sex Research 48 (2011): 520–530.

79 percent of young people's unwanted exposure to pornography occurs in the home

Findings about unwanted exposure to sexual material revealed that more than three quarters of the unwanted exposures (79%) happened at home. Nine percent happened at school, five percent at friends’ homes, and five percent happened in other places including libraries.

http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV138.pdf

44 percent of tweens admitted they have watched something online that their parents would not approve of

44% of tweens (children between the ages of 9 and 12 years) confessed to having watched something online their parents wouldn’t approve of, while only 28% of parents knew about it

https://www.guardchild.com/statistics/

20 percent of teen aged internet users have been the target of an unwanted sexual solicitation

20% of teenaged Internet users have been the target of an unwanted sexual solicitation (requests for sexual activities, chat, or information)

https://www.guardchild.com/statistics/

Here are some tips for parents who want to keep their children safe online as well as offline:

  • Place the family computer where you can see the monitor.
  • Set rules for computer use for your children. Talk with them about why you are concerned.
  • Advise your children not to respond to spam, instant messages or e-mails with obscene or aggressive content.
  • When children create social media accounts, help them use privacy protection features. Encourage them to restrict the information exposed, and make sure they know their online friends in real life.
  • Advise your kids to be careful installing Android apps. Some contain aggressive adware and malware that sends messages to premium numbers. Install games and other Android apps only from official market places.
  • Use security solutions with Parental Control to watch over kids online.

The research was conducted by Bitdefender in September 2016 covering 706 users of Bitdefender’s security solutions.

The analysis was performed by Bitdefender researcher Catalin Munteanu.

https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/one-in-10-visitors-of-porn-sites-is-under-10-years-old-16675.html

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