More than one in five boys look for information about sex from porn, report finds
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Report from SafeLives highlights gaps in relationships and sex education classes.
By Olivia Petter
More than one in five (22 per cent) boys are looking for information about sex through pornography, a new report has found.
According to SafeLives, a UK charity working to put an end to domestic abuse, relationships and sex education (RSE) is ‘falling seriously short’ of what young people need despite the curriculum receiving its first update in 20 years in 2019.
The report also found that the majority of LGBT+ students (61 per cent) disagree that LGBT+ relationships are being threaded throughout RSE.
Meanwhile, other shortages came by way of abusive relationships, with just 46 per cent of students saying they feel confident about who to talk to if they know someone who is experiencing abuse.
Additionally, only 24 per cent of those surveyed recall being taught about coercive control in RSE.
The findings were conducted via interviews, surveys and focus groups with more than 1,000 studen...
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