Richard Hogan: Urgent need to address the type of pornography our children have access to

Pornography today promotes violence against women: our boys are being fed harmful material telling them that girls like to have consent taken from them
Richard Hogan: Urgent need to address the type of pornography our children have access to

"I can’t believe I am going to write this next bit after lobbying for change for so many years but currently there are no barriers to our children accessing hardcore extreme material. Nothing."

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024 - 01:41
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Richard Hogan

Family Psychotherapist.

I have been an advocate for action against pornography sites for many years now.

When I was a child growing up, pornography was a magazine of static images found on a dusty top shelf in a city shop. In the 90s we had Eurotrash — an irreverent look at sexual habits throughout Europe. It was funny and harmless.

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