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'Porn stole my innocence': How pornography exposure conditioned abuse, self-harm of teenage girl

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Editor's note: This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse, exploitation and references to suicidal thoughts and self-harm that some readers may find disturbing.

WASHINGTON — A young woman exposed to pornography at a tender age recalls looking in the mirror after being sexually assaulted to see bruises all over the inside of her mouth. At the time, she felt conflicted about what happened because porn conditioned her to believe that consent was irrelevant.

Rachel Robison, a pornography exposure abuse survivor, joined several supporters for a briefing last week held at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation headquarters, saying that if porn sites had been required to verify the ages of their users, she may have been saved from a decade-plus pornography addiction.

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