Lily Phillips talks about her experience watching pornography at 11 years old

"Yes, I probably watched pornography for the first time when I was maybe 11 years old, and so I've always known about it. I've always knew it was a thing, and I always thought it was very normal to watch. But if you started watching it at 11, I mean, that is so young.

Can you describe how it has influenced you, your brain, and your perspective on sex?

You know what? It actually made me very... sexually confident, and I learned a lot of things. I mean, that's mostly how I learn through pornography. And I think it has a positive effect on me, at least in terms of like understanding things a little bit more, right?

But as we know, what we see in pornography online isn't... isn't, it can be extreme, it's not normal. It depends on the type of pornography you're watching. That's what I would say. When you look back and reflect on the fact that you had access to this pornography and you were watching it from the age of 11, and not just you, any Gen Z who has a smartphone, does that suggest to you that maybe your generation has been let down by politicians or...?

The tech companies or even parents, I think it's hard because sex is a part of life, and I don't... But not when you're 11. Well, I think you should be learning about it from that age. Yes, I believe that because that's when you start to think about things like that. But learning maybe not... Yes, maybe not learning from pornography. But I do think that understanding it more from that age would be helpful. Is there a direct link between?

You watching pornography while you were growing up and the decisions you've made to do what you do now?

I think maybe. I mean, I don't know a life without pornography, so maybe."