Edward Davies

Edward Davies is Research Director at the Centre for Social Justice

We need to talk about porn

From our UK edition

Regulations banning choking or incest in porn came into force on Friday, and the left are divided. One side seems to think it’s harmless fun, the others see it as a corrosion of the social fabric. But ask a room of young people whether easy access to pornography is good for them and you will struggle to find a defender. When asked whether young people were worried about the impact of pornography, just 2 per cent of Gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – strongly disagreed.  New polling from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has found 70 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old women and 62 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old men thought that the widespread availability of pornography is actively bad for men.