Well, at least more accepting than their parents, a shift that might be related to easy access to porn on the Internet, according to a new study. Most young women in the study said they personally did not use porn, but nearly half said viewing X-rated material was an acceptable way to express sexuality.

• Only 37% of the fathers and 20% of the mothers surveyed agreed.
• Young men were much more likely to use pornography: 86% reported that they viewed such material in the past year. The study also found that one in five young men said they viewed pornographic material every day or nearly every day.
• But only 31% of young women reported any viewing of pornography.
• Only 3.2% said they saw such material weekly or daily.

In the 1980s, young adults had to go to a store and ask for the porn magazines, which often were kept behind the counter. But kids today are the first generation in which X-rated images can be pulled up with wireless technology from a handheld device. “We’re in an age of pocket porn,” says study author Jason Carroll.