Pandemic of porn damaging young teenagers

The amount of porn young teenagers are accessing is causing so much damage to their psychological growth it must be seen as a major public health crisis.

The eye-catching claim was made as part of a high-profile US sexual exploitation conference yesterday — and has been backed by a leading Irish rape prevention group, which insisted the issue is increasingly contributing to attacks on women.

Speaking on the eve of a two-day meeting about the “porn pandemic” in Washington DC last night, anti-pornography organisations said the internet has brought with it a growing addiction to increasingly extreme sex websites.