David Perry, MD, FCP, is a paediatrician in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Pornography may be defined as "the depiction of erotic behavior (sexual display in pictures or writing) that is intended to cause sexual excitement" in the viewer. Children suffer many negative effects due to modern society's exposure to and acceptance of pornography. For older adolescents and young adults, pornography teaches a false narrative regarding human sexuality and how men and women form healthy sexual relationships. This makes it more difficult for young men and women to form authentic, stable relationships. For parents, pornography is divisive, resulting in a decreased quality of marriage and increasing the likelihood of divorce and separation which has been well documented to be harmful to children.
Date posted: 2015-11-17