Young people see pornography as 'an important source of information for learning about sex'

A new study from Boston University found that young people between the ages of 18 and 24 cited pornography as the 'most useful source of information' for sex. Researchers point out the problem that modern young people are learning how to have real sex from the fiction pornography.

The Prevalence of Using Pornography for Information About How to Have Sex: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey of US Adolescents and Young Adults | SpringerLink

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01877-7

Porn is the top source of'sex education' for young adults | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/pornography-sex-education.html

The results of this study were presented by a research team led by Professor Emily Rothman of Boston University School of Public Health. Based on data from the 2015 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior by Indiana University, the research team analyzed where young people gain sexual knowledge.

The survey included 600 minors aged 14 to 17 and 666 young adults aged 18 to 24. Approximately half of both age groups (324 minors and 357 young adults) answered 'I haven't been taught from anywhere' to the question 'Which source did you learn how to have sex?' did. However, among the subjects who answered that they learned how to have sex from some source, 8.4% of minors answered 'from pornography' and 24.5% of young adults, showing a big difference. It was. Among minors, 'from parents (31%)' and 'from friends (21.6%)' ranked high, but for young adults, 'from pornography' was the first.

Professor Rothman has been involved in 'porn literacy education' for many years, teaching young people how to properly deal with pornography and sex. In porn literacy education, instead of teaching you that watching porn is embarrassing or cracking down on porn, you can make young people understand that 'even if there is unhealthy porn, it's not real' or about sex. It teaches you to try to communicate with your partner.

Regarding the problem of learning sex from pornography, Professor Rothman said, 'There is a problem that I think that certain sexual acts I saw in pornography will make my partner happy and try it without consent.' 'Pornography is made for entertainment and is educational,' citing research findings that approximately 35% to 45% of movies delivered on free adult sites contain depictions of 'rough sex.' It's not a thing, it's a fantasy, 'he said, pointing out the importance of sex awareness campaigns.