I'll give a bit of back story before I get to my question. My aunt has asked me for advice regarding computer related stuff. She doesn't want her 10 year old daughter, who accesses the computer and internet quite a bit, to be exposed to all the NSFW stuff on the internet. She asked me because she knows I'm well versed in the macabre and gruesome. She doesn't want her daughter to be disturbed/corrupted/influenced by what she sees on the internet.
So, should children bear witness to all of the internets glory or should they be sheltered from it (and be completely shocked when they turn 20 and wake up from a hangover to see meatspin on their screen)?
I actually have no answer for this myself. In a way, exposing the children to vile things might give them an awareness of the comings and goings of the world. But 10 is too young. Maybe.
I started jerking off at the age of 10. When I got into high school, porn mags would be the currency of the school yard. Of course, the porn mags didn't have lemon party in them. In fact, most of the mags were just "tasteful" nudes. So nothing too extreme. I had/have to release my load every now and again to maintain my sanity. It's just natural. I can comfortably say that 15 onwards is a suitable age to witness tub girl as a dude (not the weirdest sentence I have written). However, I'm no girl, so I don't know how they will react to the really disturbing stuff on the internet. I can't even empathise with their thoughts on it. I've seen so many mixed reactions from females in response to the memes. A significant amount of them laughed a lot. A few just said "Why am I seeing this?". Only one was disturbed. These women are the same age group as me, and we didn't peruse the internet very much when we were 10 (partly because it was crap back then and partly because all we did was IMing).
Thoughts?
EDIT: If you are unaware of some of the memes I mentioned and are about to google them, I am not responsible for mental anguish/computer damage from vomiting all over the screen and keyboard. Explore at your own peril.
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