Benjamin Rowley

Issues

  1. Pornography and Youth: What effects does excess pornography consumption have on mental or sexual health outcomes in youth? Introduction

    New Zealand children are being born into a society with free and easy access to the seemingly infinite world of the internet. This raises the question of what effects this may have on our youth who could be influenced by what they are exposed to online. A growing public health concern is that internet pornography may influence young people’s understanding of which sexual behaviours are normal and acceptable as there is now easy access to an unrestricted range of freely available se…