Forty-two percent of the 1,500 youngsters (ages 10 to 17) who were surveyed by telephone between March and June 2006 reported such exposure.

Oh, yeah, there's a believable study right there.


EMBARRASSED TEENAGE PHONE SURVEY DRONE: Have you ever seen... um... [audible blushing] adult content [more blushing] online?

GIGGLY THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD: [giggles] Um... [giggles some more] Yeah. [more giggling]

GIGGLY THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD'S GIGGLY FRIENDS IN THE BACKGROUND: [lots of giggling]

ETPSD: Um... and was that... um... willingly? Or... um...

GTYO: [lots of giggling]

GTYOGFITB: [copious amounts of giggling]

GTYO: Um...

GTYOGFITB: [frenzied whispering] Blame your brother! Blame your brother! [maniacal giggling]

GTYO: No, like, um... [giggling] My older brother totally made me look. [failed attempts to stifle giggling]

ETPSD: Um... okay.

GTYO: Are you gonna, like, arrest him or something?

GTYOGFITB: [OMG so much giggling]