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Article: Perils of pornography
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2006
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A generation ago, anyone who wanted to view pornography had to
make a concerted effort to do so. It was sold by mail order, in adult
book stores and some magazine shops. People risked being found out by
friends, family members, clergy, bosses and others.
Now, pornography can be accessed at the click of a computer mouse.
It is delivered over cell phones. Most hotels offer pornographic pay-
per-view movies. It is so readily available that children are exposed
to pornography at very young ages. The average age of first exposure
to pornography is 11, although children ages 7-17 report they have
viewed pornography online, most while doing homework, according to
statistics provided to the Deseret ...