Online pornography telling teenage boys inflicting violence and degrading sex acts on girls 'is normal'

Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, told a webinar in Dublin that adolescent boys were being told by pornography that inflicting violence on girls, and degrading them, is 'normal and part of sexual relations'.

The normalisation and widespread availability of online pornography is “cementing and solidifying” gender stereotypes and violence against women and girls, a UN expert has said.

Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, told a webinar in Dublin that adolescent boys were being told by pornography that inflicting violence on girls, and degrading them, is “normal and part of sexual relations”.