FL H0157

Recognizes pornography as a public health risk that contributes to hypersexualization of children and teens, with 27 percent of young adults ages 25-30 reporting first exposure before puberty

States that pornography viewing is associated with low self-esteem, eating disorders, dangerous sexual behavior, and development of compulsive consumption patterns in users

Identifies correlations between pornography use and mental/physical illnesses, difficulty maintaining relationships, unhealthy brain development, and problematic sexual behaviors

Links pornography to increased demand for sex trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography, and to normalization of violence and abuse against women and children

Calls for Florida to implement systematic education, prevention, research, and policy changes to protect state citizens from pornography-related public health risks