Merry Christmas to you, too! I think if you read the entire article, you'll see I agree with you. Internet porn is 100% abuse of the consumers, and it is indeed targeting teen boys. I'd love it if the porn producers stopped.... but they do not appear to be backing off. I'd love tougher policy, but government does not seem to think it is a priority. So the only option parents have left is porn literacy.
You can bet I'll be sharing this post, Kate! Thanks to you & Christopher for amplifying this issue & sharing important info with parents. And thanks to your daughter -- her comment is so important. Porn IS, sex IS and when we come at either topic in absolutes, our kids tune us out because things aren't that simple.
All that said: I hate that this is where we are. I hate that tech companies have become so omnipresent and powerful and profit-driven that we all have to have these conversations w kids b/c there's a very real chance that a boy (or girl) looking for basic info about sex, bodies, or relationships will be served up porn.
Jennifer I am not surprised you like this one! It is in your wheelhouse! Yes, we need to suck it up and have hard conversations with our kids. And yes, it is sad that the manosphere is really just people capitalizing on the vulnerabilities of boys and young men.
Porn literacy is a cult. It’s an attempt to whitewash the reality that internet porn is abuse of the boys consuming it, who are absolutely the target market.
Merry Christmas to you, too! I think if you read the entire article, you'll see I agree with you. Internet porn is 100% abuse of the consumers, and it is indeed targeting teen boys. I'd love it if the porn producers stopped.... but they do not appear to be backing off. I'd love tougher policy, but government does not seem to think it is a priority. So the only option parents have left is porn literacy.
You can bet I'll be sharing this post, Kate! Thanks to you & Christopher for amplifying this issue & sharing important info with parents. And thanks to your daughter -- her comment is so important. Porn IS, sex IS and when we come at either topic in absolutes, our kids tune us out because things aren't that simple.
All that said: I hate that this is where we are. I hate that tech companies have become so omnipresent and powerful and profit-driven that we all have to have these conversations w kids b/c there's a very real chance that a boy (or girl) looking for basic info about sex, bodies, or relationships will be served up porn.
Jennifer I am not surprised you like this one! It is in your wheelhouse! Yes, we need to suck it up and have hard conversations with our kids. And yes, it is sad that the manosphere is really just people capitalizing on the vulnerabilities of boys and young men.
Porn literacy is a cult. It’s an attempt to whitewash the reality that internet porn is abuse of the boys consuming it, who are absolutely the target market.