As The New York Times reported on May 27, the site’s content has become so skanky that even some corporate advertisers, including Weight Watchers and T-Mobile, are either pulling their ads from MySpace or threatening to do so.

The pages of sex-film stars like Jenna Jameson and Tera Patrick are quickly becoming popular with America’s teens as evidenced by the thousands of “friends” -- other MySpace users who ask for full access to a user’s page. Those pages, in turn, link to the stars’ own homepages, which are often replete with explicit pornographic images.

Some of the stars’ “friends” are as young as 14. Others are undoubtedly younger -- one need only state their age, no ID or proof required. Most of the linked porn sites post a simple warning that says something like, “Click here to enter if you’re over 18,” and that’s it.

And if it wasn’t bad enough having porn stars market themselves directly to your children, try this: Some of the morally depraved individuals who operate behind the camera post profiles on MySpace as well -- and they actually encourage girls to send them pictures and contact them about getting involved in the porn business.

Take Eon McKai, a Los Angeles man who works for VCA, a porn company owned by Hustler. In his MySpace profile, he admits, “I make smut” and puts this under the heading “Who I’d like to meet” (typos in the original):

Cool people not kids but young adults or poeple who fell like young adults that are open minded and like porn and want to be apart of my movement to make it better... If you want to be a porn star... I’m the guy that can make that happen for real... but I’ll look you in the eye first to make sure you can hang...any Emo, Punk or Goth kids... your all my friends... be stylish and cute as all hell.

As with most MySpace profile pages, McKai has many “friends” who have posted messages and pictures. One is from a girl named Jess who writes: “hey love! i’m live on my web cam right NOW!! come play with me!!!” Then she lists a porn site that, she notes, is “free for myspace members!”

Perhaps more disturbing is the number of young women who note in their MySpace profiles that they consider themselves aspiring porn stars. One named Alice in Connecticut writes: “I am shy if you meet me for real but what goes on behind closed doors is a different matter! Just on here looking to meet new My Space people because I was bored and thought it could be a tad interesting...just a tad... LOL. I’ve been coming out of my shell lately and doing more modeling and stuff. Even though it is CRAZY, I really AM studying to be a porn star.”

Many other profiles on MySpace can’t even be quoted here because they are so vile. Even with all the negative media reports about pedophiles hunting kids through MySpace, most parents are still clueless about the content and dangers.

MySpace is just the latest example of the creeping oversexualization of our culture that I describe in my book, Home Invasion (written before MySpace became so popular with our youth). The truth is that pornographers aren’t content to exist only in their own sick little corner of the Internet: They’ve got to troll for new victims. And they do it by wading into what amounts to an Internet kiddie pool and snagging innocent kids. That’s why your child’s e-mail inbox is constantly filled with spam porn. It’s why sites such as MySpace have been infiltrated by perverts. It’s why you’ve got to be worried about what’s going on within the “safety” of your own home if you have unlimited, unmonitored Internet access. Continued...