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The Al Riad newspaper says that young people in Saudi Arabia - where there are very few chances for girls and boys even to meet in everyday social life - are among the most frequent users of satellite television stations and websites dedicated to pornography. The newspaper cites frustration and a lack of supervision, both from the state and from the family, as the reasons for the increase, as well as the rise in unemployment and growing numbers of unmarried Saudis.

It is interesting to consider that when healthy avenues for interaction between the sexes are subject to legal restrictions, young people have increasingly to turn to a virtual world. They will suffer from all the negative outcomes of pornography - unrealistic expectations of the female form and appropriate behaviour, exploitation of women, etc. - without any social or societal experience available as a counterbalance. It just isn’t healthy.