This picture is what
the cat dragged out from a colleague’s kid brother’s facebook picture collection.
The boy is just 20…just finished his secondary school.
I was shocked when I saw
the pix. It was sent to his friend and the friend forwarded it to him. I couldn’t
help but wondered if the girl in the picture,( a teenager…I took pains to block
her face…) was in her right senses when she took the shot and sent it to lord
knows who.
Nothing can justify
this rubbish! Definitely not love for
the guy/boy she apparently sent it to. We can’t control what’s on the internet,
but we sure as hell have to start watching out for our kids…especially those at
impressionable ages.
Cyber-porn is electronic pornography readily accessible via
the internet. Cyber-porn can be addictive and can lead any person out of
control. Estimates suggest that 1 in 5 internet addicts are engaged in some
forms of on-line sexual activity—primarily viewing cyber-porn. Researchers
found that 98.9 percent of the cyber-porn images consumers are males.
Women do participate in bulletin boards and chat rooms.
Facts on Cyber-porn
- About 75 percent of internet pornography originated in the USA. Approximately 15 percent originated in Europe.
- It is estimated that around 70 million people a week visit porn websites. Around 20 million of users come from United States and Canada.
- A study revealed that during a recent one-month period, Germany had the largest audience for on-line porn in Europe, followed by France, Great Britain, Spain, and Italy.
- In Germany, cyber-porn users spend an average of 70 minutes every month browsing porn sites.
- Among European viewers, 50 years old and above spend most time linked to adult websites.
- 70 percent of internet pornography traffic happens during the day.
- It is estimated by some that 100,000 internet sites display materials related to child pornography.
Who are the most vulnerable people
for this cyber-porn? People who suffer from a distorted body image, low
self-esteem, sexual dysfunction, and a former sexual addict are more at risk to
develop addictions to cyber-porn. In particular, sex perverts often turn
to the internet as the safest and latest sexual outlet to fulfilling their
underlying compulsive addiction.
Damage to Children
Sadly, many young children also frequently visit internet websites without their parent’s knowledge. In fact, more than 2-in-5 children have subscribed to online services or to a web site even though nearly 85% of parents have rules against doing so. The major shock is the fact that a very large number of children will be going on-line for only one reason—to view pornography. Many viewers of cyber-porn are children and minors who are forbidden by law from procuring pornographic materials or from renting pornographic videos, but can gain ready access to these at home with a few mouse clicks and the choices are endless.
Statistics show that the major participants of cyber-porn are boys between the ages of 12 and 17. For many, pornography is their main source of sexual awareness and education. This has a very alarming consequence in that teen sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and pregnancy are completely nonexistent in porn; which gives a wrong belief that there are no adverse consequences to behaviors portrayed in cyber-porn.
Some researchers showed that exposure to pornography can potentially affect the normal development of a child’s brain. Health-based neurological observations about the instinctual brain-imprinted response to pornographic sights and sounds indicates that viewing porn is a biologically important event overriding informed consent—this is harmful to children's ‘moldable’ plastic brains as it compromises their grasp of reality; thus affects their physical and mental health, their pursuit of happiness and wellness of being.
Damage to Children
Sadly, many young children also frequently visit internet websites without their parent’s knowledge. In fact, more than 2-in-5 children have subscribed to online services or to a web site even though nearly 85% of parents have rules against doing so. The major shock is the fact that a very large number of children will be going on-line for only one reason—to view pornography. Many viewers of cyber-porn are children and minors who are forbidden by law from procuring pornographic materials or from renting pornographic videos, but can gain ready access to these at home with a few mouse clicks and the choices are endless.
Statistics show that the major participants of cyber-porn are boys between the ages of 12 and 17. For many, pornography is their main source of sexual awareness and education. This has a very alarming consequence in that teen sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and pregnancy are completely nonexistent in porn; which gives a wrong belief that there are no adverse consequences to behaviors portrayed in cyber-porn.
Some researchers showed that exposure to pornography can potentially affect the normal development of a child’s brain. Health-based neurological observations about the instinctual brain-imprinted response to pornographic sights and sounds indicates that viewing porn is a biologically important event overriding informed consent—this is harmful to children's ‘moldable’ plastic brains as it compromises their grasp of reality; thus affects their physical and mental health, their pursuit of happiness and wellness of being.
To continue next Tuesday
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