General Article Porn and children: the facts

Topic Selected: Sexualising Society
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We often come across RSE and PSHE resources which seem to have been written in the belief that ‘sex education’ means educating children about the types of porn that is available. We have seen pornography described as ‘harmless’, ‘fun’ and even ’empowering’. This is not backed up by the evidence.

We believe that good quality sex education should cover pornography, and should acknowledge that it is everywhere and that children may well have seen it. However it should also cover the harm that po...

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