Comment on The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First CenturyparentComments−falcolas3ywhether that's something we want as a society needs to happenNot sure there's a choice. The allure of the taboo draws people in, even when they are not interested in the acts themselves.We should instead tailor education to assume that boys and girls will find a way to access porn.−vacuity3yDo you mean that sex ed classes should discuss how porn affects expectations of sex? That does seem reasonable.−falcolas3yYup. Reasonable, and perhaps even required. Similar to sex itself, aside from "abstinence only" positions on porn, there's very little open or fact-driven discussion about it.−ahalbertOP3yThe author thinks that porn literacy is a good thing, but she notes that it's difficult to teach students to read texts you can't show them.
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Not sure there's a choice. The allure of the taboo draws people in, even when they are not interested in the acts themselves.
We should instead tailor education to assume that boys and girls will find a way to access porn.
Do you mean that sex ed classes should discuss how porn affects expectations of sex? That does seem reasonable.
Yup. Reasonable, and perhaps even required. Similar to sex itself, aside from "abstinence only" positions on porn, there's very little open or fact-driven discussion about it.
The author thinks that porn literacy is a good thing, but she notes that it's difficult to teach students to read texts you can't show them.