The impact of porn on men has been studied, but little is known about how it could affect women. Between the ages of 11 and 16, Neelam watched porn most days. She quickly got over that initial shock. She wasn't alone.
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Young adults say pornography is their best source of information about how to have sex, new research finds. In a nationally representative survey, a quarter of to year-olds listed porn as their "most helpful" source of information on how to have sex. This made porn the most-mentioned source of information, even above asking one's own partner. The findings suggest a need for more education on healthy sexual relationships and on what pornography is about, said study leader Emily Rothman, a professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. Pornography creators are focused on what's profitable, not what's instructional, she said: "It's fantasy. Related: 5 ways porn affects the brain. The proliferation of free streaming porn sites has made explicit content easier than ever to access, raising concerns about what, if any, impact pornography has on adolescents and young adults, Rothman said.
Young adults ages years old in the US say that porn is their most helpful source of information about how to have sex, according to a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher and published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. In the nationally representative survey, a quarter of young adults said porn was their most helpful source of information about how to have sex. Slightly less than a quarter said sexual partners were the most helpful source, and fewer pointed to friends, parents, media, or healthcare professionals.