1.1 Youth and Porn – The Facts
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Youth and Porn — The Facts

This resource will help you increase your understanding and knowledge by answering Youth and Porn questions with facts.

How and why do youth watch porn?
What’s in the porn content young people watch?

What do young people in Aotearoa say about porn?

Porn as a sex-education tool
Porn and consent

Porn, coercion, and sexual aggression

Porn, gender roles, and stepfamily-themed sex
Porn, rough sex, and choking
Porn and messages around racism
Sexuality and gender diverse porn

“I have seen quite a lot of it (porn). I guess because learning about sex for gay men in school was never an option… But I think back on it now and see how aggressive all the stuff I watched was… I kind of wish I never have to think about that stuff [porn] because it raised a lot of questions for me personally about sex.”

Gay male, 19 years