![]() Rhodes: I think I was around 11 the first time. Ling: When were you first exposed to porn? Rhodes: Yeah, I was playing ’90s video games and, yeah – after the age of 10 or so, anything on the computer was my life. Lisa Ling: Have you always been into computers?Īlexander Rhodes: Yeah, my father is a computer programmer, so I was exposed to computers and knew how to use them from a very young age. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. As you read, I think you’ll find that it speaks to something so relevant to kids and parents trying to navigate this digital world. We couldn’t run the entirety of my interview with Rhodes on “This Is Life,” so I’m sharing more of our conversation here. He began a porn recovery site called NoFap to try to help others free themselves from compulsive porn use he isn’t a therapist, but in the process he’s cultivated a community. While porn addiction isn’t a medically recognized disease, Rhodes knows he isn’t alone. The tech entrepreneur, whom I interviewed for my CNN series “This Is Life,” says he became addicted to online porn by the time he was age 12, and it changed the way he perceived sex and relationships well into adulthood. That is what Alexander Rhodes says happened to him. And as kids are given phones and other devices with web browsers at earlier ages, they, too, are encountering explicit content – possibly before they’ve even learned about sex or are aware of what porn is. We can get pornography, in all of its extremes, for free at any time of day with a few taps of a finger. ![]() In the past, however, it took effort to access porn – whether it was explicit artwork, a private magazine subscription, an X-rated television channel or a store that sold sex-related paraphernalia. Porn has always been around researchers believe they’ve found explicit material dating back to the Stone Age.
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