Online porn gives boys a ‘warped’ attitude towards women, bishop says
by Olivia Rudgard, Telegraph:
Pornographic content online gives boys a “warped” attitude towards women, a Church of England bishop has said, as he told Facebook it could not “shrug its shoulders” about its content.
Stephen Cottrell, the bishop of Chelmsford, said that it was “simply no good” for social media companies such as Facebook to say that they were “just a platform upon which others stand”.
“If they wished or if we made them, they could be a ticket inspector of that platform, offering proper control and management of content in all the various ways that our report outlines, such as the right to be forgotten, age verification, the removal of upsetting content, time out and so on.
“The technology is there. But they will not use it unless pressed,” he said.
Speaking during a debate at the House of Lords, the bishop warned that it should be of “huge moral concern” that pornographic content was “available today in the pocket of every 15-year-old boy”.
He added: “The persistent and pervasive viewing of pornography can lead to the acceptance of all sorts of violence and unhealthy notions about sex and relationships, and men having extremely warped and degrading attitudes to women.”
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