Fear-based education around porn is failing young people, say researchers

Fear-based education around porn is failing young people, say researchers

The current approach to teaching young people about pornography may be doing more harm than good, according to new research from the University of Surrey, which argues that fear-based education is failing to reflect how teenagers actually encounter sexual media.  In the study, published in Porn Studies, researchers say most pornography education in schools is built around a simple message – porn is dangerous and must be avoided. But evidence fr…