Pornography scourge

sir – Thankfully, Neil Parish, the Conservative MP, saw fit to quit after he admitted to watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.

He wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last – but there is a much wider problem. The evidence mounts by the day of the influence that pornography has on men’s attitudes towards and treatment of women. Teenage girls are constantly being urged by boyfriends to take explicit images of themselves, which are then shared.

There is an urgent need to tackle the problem in secondary schools, where many boys are already hooked on watching pornography on their phones. Unless head teachers admit that there is a problem and take action, we shall have yet another generation of young men who fail to treat women with respect.

Irena Morrison

Crowborough, East Sussex

sir – Christopher Minter (Letters, May 2) writes that political parties should weed out the slightest tendency “towards stupidity, cupidity or perversion” when selecting candidates for election to Parliament.

I suspect the resulting shortlists would be very short indeed.

Dr Irving Wells

Yelverton, Devon

sir – How many of us of a certain age will admit to reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover on public transport after it was cleared for publication in 1960, disguised by a newspaper – possibly

The Daily Telegraph?

Mark Brazier

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire