porn literacy should aim to reduce shame around porn use. Only by reducing shame can we begin to have conversations about how porn impacts our understanding of sexual consent, body image and self-esteem….

…To date, discussions on what porn literacy should entail tend to focus on the negative implications of porn use.

This was echoed in reports from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills on how to improve relationships and sexuality education in schools suggesting that we talk about the risks of porn use.

But there are a number of reasons why we should not only talk about the risks.

Allowing for discussions on the positive, negative and neutral outcomes can help young people to understand how personal beliefs vary about the appropriateness of sexual practices seen in porn.

Having this knowledge can help young people to become critical thinkers….

Kate Dawson, from the School of Psychology at NUI Galway, writing for RTÉ Brainstorm. Full article at link below.

The importance of porn literacy for young Irish people (Kate Dawson, RTÉ)

Alternatively…

Did you research this Kate?

“Porn users demand a constant stream of new, increasingly violent and fetishized content. In order to keep up with this demand, more women and children become prostituted and trafficked”

National Center on Sexual Exploitation. (2015) https://t.co/oQUk0jWPSE

— Pàdair 🇻🇦 (@Pada1r) July 31, 2019

Nofap.

You know it makes sense.