I started reading my dad's porn when I was about 11. He had everything from Swank to Playboy. The pictures intrigued me, and I have to say that I definitely learned a lot about sex. All and all, I turned out ok, and normal, and have had one hell of an interesting sex life, which I contribute to my "education" . Would I want my 7 year old daughter looking at that stuff? No. But then I wouldn't drop her off at the public library unchaperoned either. Would I want my 16 year old daughter looking at stuff like that? I'm sure she's seen it before, most likely in real life situations, so it wouldn't distress me too much. There's been many times after my 17 year old son and his friend have spent the night that my browser history is full of porn shit. I never complain or say anything, I just clear it out. I'm more bothered by the fact that he is careless enough to leave it visible than I am by the fact that he was looking at it to begin with. My point is, they're going to see it sooner or later. With my generation, it was in print, with my kids' generation, it's online. No big difference, IMO.
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I started reading my dad's porn when I was about 11. He had everything from Swank to Playboy. The pictures intrigued me, and I have to say that I definitely learned a lot about sex. All and all, I turned out ok, and normal, and have had one hell of an interesting sex life, which I contribute to my "education" .
Would I want my 7 year old daughter looking at that stuff? No. But then I wouldn't drop her off at the public library unchaperoned either. Would I want my 16 year old daughter looking at stuff like that? I'm sure she's seen it before, most likely in real life situations, so it wouldn't distress me too much. There's been many times after my 17 year old son and his friend have spent the night that my browser history is full of porn shit. I never complain or say anything, I just clear it out. I'm more bothered by the fact that he is careless enough to leave it visible than I am by the fact that he was looking at it to begin with. My point is, they're going to see it sooner or later. With my generation, it was in print, with my kids' generation, it's online. No big difference, IMO.