Pornography is thought to be a type of expression with ones self and their own body. Yet, children don't understand that they are exploiting themselves as well as the people they are watching on the internet and television. Children should be occupied with school, friends, and going outside to play. When children are at a young age and grow up with something they will remember it. It's called learned behavior. If children grow up around pornography or a sexually involved nature, for example, molestation, internet sites, or videos they are most likely to mature into an adult who is very much sexually involved. It is estimated that 7% of the pornography industry in the U.S. involves activity between children and other children and adults.
Children can make their own choice towards what they want to surround themselves with. Pornography doesn't make any person do anything. It is an act that is presented to anyone who goes to the site, looks at the magazine, or turns on the channel. It is anyone's first amendment right to watch and look and do as they please as long as they aren't hurting anybody. There are restriction to pornographic sites. The majority of every porn site has a page telling the viewer that they must be 18 or older and if they are to then enter, otherwise to leave the site. To purchase a pornographic magazine the consumer must be 18 years of age or older. Also, to view a pornographic channel the owner of a the home must purchase the channel and no one under 17 is able to own their own home. Restrictions are put out there and warnings there is nothing else any porn company can do about the situation.
Having any child under the age of 17 looking at porn is illegal and not apart of the first amendment. The restrictions set up for anybody under age is very easy to go through. For example, if someone is to look at a porn site all you have to press is the ENTER button or the "Yes, I AM 18.
