For Rachel Thompson, it took ten years to realise what had happened to her was sexual assault. 

Published by Courier Mail - May 17, 2021

Parents have shared their horror stories as more and more young children’s behaviour is impacted by exposure to porn.

Response to Age Verification Inquiry report overdue in face of sex abuse crisis in schools

In March 2020, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs’ Inquiry released its report on age verification for online wagering and pornography. Now over a year old, the report - Protecting the Age of Innocence- recommended a roadmap for an age verification system to help protect children from exposure to online porn.

Published March 10 on ABC Religion and Ethics 

Warning: this article contains accounts of sexual assault that many will find disturbing.

“Most of my friends had either been raped, sexually assaulted or received unwanted sexual attention by the time we were in year 11.”

We were recently alerted to a petition started by students from a Melbourne girls school. The petition calls for Klara Cosmetics to pull its "just kiss me don't ask" ads which also includes the phrase "Be passionate and leave no evidence." 

Over exposure is making teens pawns to porn

A 15-year-old boy confided in me after I addressed his class at a Sydney school last year. He cried as he told me he had been using porn since the age of nine. He didn't have a social life, had few friends, had never had a girlfriend. His life revolved around online porn. He wanted to stop, he said, but didn't know how.