Sending sexual or naked photos and videos is now part of everyday life for young teenagers, research involving 18-year-olds has revealed.
Furthermore, those involved in the research say that accessing online pornography “was seen as typical” while they were at school.
The initial findings have come from a poll of 500 18-year-olds from across the UK and have been published by think-tank IPPR.
They are to be included in a wider report, entitled Young People, Sex and Relationships: The new norms, which was due to be published as SecEd went to press this week.
The poll quizzed the 18-year-olds on their views about online pornography and the influence it has on young people’s attitudes to sex and relationships.
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