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50%
of 8th graders report that
“Parents or other adults in my family have talked with me about what they expect when it comes to sex.”
88%
of students who have had sex, did so before the age of 17. 39% did so before the age of 15.
45%
of students who have seen internet pornography were first exposed before the age of 14.
87%
of teens think students in their grade have seen or accessed internet pornography in the past 30 days.
According to the 2021 Ottawa County Youth Assessment Survey
1 in 5
9-12 year olds and one in three 13-17 year olds agree it is normal for kids their age to share their personal sexual images.(1)
84%
of teenage boys and 57% of teenage girls reported that they had viewed pornography.(1)
53%
of boys aged 11-16 and 39% of girls the same age believe that porn is a realistic depiction of sex.(1)
According to
(1) Thorn U.S. 2020 Self-Generated-Child Sexual Abuse Material Study
(2) Fight The New Drug, How Porn Can Distort the Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex