Porn is ‘pervasive’ in our lives, sex-ed pressures us into promiscuity: teens in UK poll

A poll of 18-year-old UK teens conducted by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that a large majority of both boys and girls believe that easy access to online porn puts pressure on them to look and act in imitation of what porn portrays.
They also complained that sex education often presents promiscuity as normal, putting additional pressure on them to become sexually active before they might otherwise.
"This new polling data shows that pornographic images are pervasive in teenagers' lives and that young women in particular are acutely conscious of how damaging they can be," said Dalia Ben-Galim, associate director of the IPPR, in media statements.
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