Navigating the New Normal of Early Exposure

The average age of first exposure to pornography is now around 10 years old, which highlights the significant shift in access to explicit content compared to previous generations. This early exposure differs greatly from past experiences, such as discovering a hidden magazine, due to the ubiquity and ease of access to online pornography today. The discussion also reveals that even animals, like chimps given smartphones, can develop addictions to pornography, illustrating a primal response to sexual content. This suggests not only a concern for human children who are being exposed to such material at increasingly young ages but also raises broader questions about our relationship with technology and its inherent influences.