In a study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 70 percent of teenagers said they accidentally stumbled across porn online. Some experts say pornographic videos and images can color a teenager's ideas of what sex should be like even after they start experiencing it for themselves. Gail Danes, the author of a book called "Pornland," said for the average young teenage male, his first formative impression of sex is porn he might find on the Internet. In reality, he is catapulted into a world of sexual violence," Danes said. He has probably never had sex. Danes argues that pornography, which has never been easier to find and view, is "sexually traumatizing an entire generation of boys. And it's not just boys. Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart, who appeared in the indie documentary "Sexy Baby," said she was only 12 years old when she admitted she had seen porn and understood all its innuendos. Bonjean-Alpart is part of a new order of teenagers brought up in an era where explicit images can be found just about anywhere. There is no one before us that can kind of guide us.


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