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Children have unrestricted access to violent pornography: documentary

Jared and Michelle Brock have made a documentary, Over 18, as a wake up call to parents.
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Joseph is 13. By his own description he is 'a recovered porn addict.'

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If this clip in the trailer to the film 诲辞别蝉苍鈥檛 send a chill through you, then 测辞耻鈥檙别 not a parent.

The documentary, made by Ontarians Jared and Michelle Brock, is meant as a wake up call for parents, said its distributor, Dave Knox, in a phone conversation. It will be shown twice in 琉璃神社 this week.

Joseph got his first glimpse of pornography when he was nine years old while playing a game online. 鈥淎濒濒 of a sudden this pop-up comes up in the 肠辞谤苍别谤,鈥 the clean-cut boy recalls in his pre-adolescent voice. 鈥泪迟 was this porn site and I go 鈥榃丑辞补, 迟丑补迟鈥檚 飞别颈谤诲,鈥 and I click on the X and go on playing my 驳补尘别.鈥

鈥淔辞谤 the few seconds that I saw it I 肠辞耻濒诲苍鈥檛 get it out of my 丑别补诲.鈥

Over 18And just like that, an inquisitive, clean-cut kid from a good family in Manitoba joins the legion of online porn addicts.

鈥淛辞蝉别辫丑 诲颈诲苍鈥檛 go looking for 辫辞谤苍辞驳谤补辫丑测,鈥 said Knox. 鈥泪迟 came to 丑颈尘.鈥

But once introduced, he started looking for it. 鈥淭丑颈蝉 颈蝉苍鈥檛 the pornography of our 辫补谤别苍迟蝉,鈥 Knox said. 鈥泪迟鈥檚 not Playboy. 滨迟鈥檚 violent, body-punishing sex. 滨迟鈥檚 promoting violence against women.

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闯辞蝉别辫丑鈥檚 parents realized something was going on when his attitude toward his younger sister changed. He started playing out the violence he saw on screen against her.

鈥淜颈诲蝉 start to think that violence is normal. Sexting is part of our society which has become more 鈥榩辞谤苍颈蹿颈别诲,鈥欌赌 Knox said.

With , the Brocks want to get the conversation of protecting our children into the mainstream. Now, anyone wanting access to porn sites simply clicks on the 鈥榦惫别谤 18鈥 box that pops up no deterrence to media-savvy children.

The Brocks want to see access restricted 鈥渟辞 a 9-, 10-, 12-year-old kid 肠补苍鈥檛 go online to see something his brain 肠补苍鈥檛 肠辞尘辫谤别丑别苍诲.鈥

There will be two showings of Over 18 in 琉璃神社 this week:

Thursday, 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at the French Cultural Centre, 702 Bernard Ave., hosted by .

Friday, 7 p.m. at 1-120 Lougheed Rd., hosted by .





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