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A new study claims that 73% of teens surveyed said they have consumed pornography and that the median age of first pornography consumption is 12 years old.

The study, commissioned by Common Sense, surveyed adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 and asked them a series of questions about their pornography use.

While 73% of teens ages 17 and younger reported consuming pornography, 54% said they had viewed pornography online at age 13 or younger, and 15% reported viewing pornography at age 10 or younger.

Of the teens surveyed, the average age of first-time pornography consumption is 12 years old.

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41% of teens surveyed said they had viewed pornography during the school day, and 44% reported viewing pornography on school-owned devices.

The study claims that the majority of teens who participated in the survey have viewed pornography, but 58% said they came across pornography “accidentally,” while 44% said they viewed pornography on purpose.

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College friends standing outside watching using their cell phones. Girl taking a selfie standing outdoors against a wall with her friends looking at her mobile phones. (iStock)
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When asked about the type of pornography consumed, 52% of adolescents said they had seen “violent pornography.” Furthermore, only 33% of those surveyed reported viewing “pornography in which someone asks for consent.”

45% of teens surveyed “agree that pornography provides useful information about sex” and 27% of those surveyed agree that it “accurately depicts sex.”

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“The results of this research confirm a very important point: It is time we talked about pornography. We need to consider conversations with adolescents about pornography in the same way that we think about conversations about sex, social media, drug and alcohol use, and children can and will be exposed to pornography in one way or another, often before a caregiver has had a chance to address the issue,” Common Sense founder and CEO James Steyer said of the results of the survey.

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