In both cases, the boys had access to online pornography from an early age. The most common form of sexual violence featured was sexual activity between family members (incest), while the second most common category was physical aggression and sexual assault. In 2023, France’s High Council for Equality between Women and Men found that “90% of pornographic content online features verbal, physical, and sexual violence towards women”. During these scenes of sexual violence, 95% of the time the women in the videos either respond positively or with indifference — giving the impression that women either enjoy sexual violence or, at the very least, they do not mind it. Just as children cannot walk into a shop and buy cigarettes or alcohol, they should not be able to access sexually violent content online.

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2026 12:29 UTC