Hark!, the Choir Sing ....

Quotes from The Lolita Effect, which I haven't read fully as yet since it just seems to confirm my general impressions regarding this subject.

As one study puts it, "Socialising forces ranging from parents to peers, from doctors to actors, and from television to the internet, present sex alternatively as something forbidden and dangerous yet irresistibly desirable and pleasurable. Sex is showcased as a rite of passage that promises entry into the adult world. However, it is a journey rife with potential perils such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and the road maps provided by one source of information may influence how the other sources are received: whether they are followed, questioned or rejected."

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And, in fact, studies indicate that exposure to sexual media predicts young adolescents' sexual behaviour: kids who watch highly sexualized media are about twice as likely to have sex early as kids who don't. This finding holds true across class and race.

Which is what I have quoted in the past and which has been dismissed as usual.

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In the last five years (book published in 2008), The National centre for Missing and Exploited Children has collected over eight million images of explicit child pornography.

Much as I have said also ... yawn ...

If you truly believe that little has changed over the last several decades resulting from increased media influences and this is all just 'natural' sexual expression then you are living - as you always do in DREAMLAND.