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<strong>Child</strong> PornograPhy First report oF the Dutch NatioNal rapporteur
The following emerged from the YISS surveys:
YISS-1 (2000) 402 : in the year prior to the interviews, one in five (19%) of the minor respondents
was contacted online for sexual purposes, 403 3% of whom were contacted in an
aggressive manner. 404
YISS-2 (2006) 405 : a follow-up survey five years later showed that these figures had changed to one
in seven (13%), 4% respectively.
Table 1.4 shows a selection of relevant results from the study of desired and undesired sexual experiences
of Dutch youngsters on the Internet from 2006. 406
Table 1.4 Online sexual experiences by gender 407
Forms of online sexual experiences in the past year Boys Girls
Receiving questions of a sexual nature
72% 83%
- If applicable: responding to such questions
77% 31%
Requested to perform a sexual act in front the webcam 40% 57%
- If applicable: complying with such requests 39% 11%
Being recorded on the webcam whilst posing/acting in a sexual manner 3%+3% 411
4%+2%
Being requested to agree to meet someone whom he/she met on the Internet 66% 72%
Actually arranging to meet someone whom he/she met on the Internet 54% 42%
Source: De Graaf & Vanwesenbeeck, 2006
Amongst other findings, it emerged from the research that most youngsters in the random sample had
experienced having been asked questions of a sexual nature online. It was also frequently the case that
402 Finkelhor et al., 2000. In the period August 1999 – February 2001 interviews were conducted by telephone
with 1,501 youngsters between ten and seventeen years of age (representative national random sample in
USA) who regularly use the Internet (at least once per month in the six months preceding the interview).
403 Definition of ‘contact for sexual purposes’: the request to participate in sexual activities/discuss sex/
provide personal sexual details although this is undesired, or if requested to do so by an adult, whether
or not desired.
404 Definition of ‘aggressive sexual contact’: contact for sexual purposes with the aim of making contact
offline such as arranging to meet one another/contact by telephone/contact by post (sending money
or gifts).
405 Wolak et al., 2006. The telephone interviews were conducted in the period March – June 2005 with 1500
youngsters between ten and seventeen years of age who regularly use the Internet.
406 Methodological details of the study: the random sample consisted of 10,905 respondents from twelve
years of age and older, who were recruited on popular websites aimed at young people and who had
completed an electronic questionnaire. Girls accounted for 79% of respondents, whilst boys accounted
for 21%. Not all respondents were minors, approximately one quarter was 18 years of age or older.
407 Three percent stated this was possible, but they did not know for sure. This was also the case for the
+2% figure for girls.