Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being with us today and lending us your expertise.
I want to start by nailing down some basic terms so that we can situate ourselves in this study. The title of this study, what we're principally narrowing our focus on, is “public health effects of online violent and degrading sexually explicit material”.
I was listening carefully, and I was hearing the word “pornography” a lot. First, when we say pornography, are we restricting it to violent, degrading sexually explicit material, or are we talking about all depictions of sex? I'll age myself a bit and say that in the early eighties, when I was in university, there was a very raging discussion about the distinction between erotica and pornography. I'd like the witnesses to help me out with that.
As well, when we talk about negative health effects, are you talking about negative health effects of pornography generally or of certain depictions of sexual activity?