Patricia Grisafi: The porn trauma Billie Eilish experienced shows preteens need better sexual literacy. - NBCNewsTHINK
, explained that porn and sex literacy “helps youth navigate the violent parts of porn, the nonrealistic aspects of porn and the harmful images that could stick around like Billie was referencing in her comments.” Butler said age 9 to 10 is a good time to start these conversations, and these discussions should begin with trusted adults.
Porn literacy allows room for the complexities of sex media to exist. It understands that young people are sexual and are curious about their bodies and sexual identities. And it provides a basis in sexual education that can help young people identify harmful situations and navigate topics like consent.
After all, pornography is not created with preteens in mind. Yet preteens are a market with easy access to sex media, and they won’t necessarily feel comfortable having conversations about porn with their parents. Preteens also don’t typically have a grasp on their own sexual identity, let alone understand the complicated dynamic at play in pornography, including power and the role of gender, or the economic plight of and discrimination against sex workers.
For young women learning to navigate their relationship to their bodies, it can be particularly difficult to confront pornographic images at this vulnerable developmental stage and then speak up about the discomfort they feel. Young women don’t want to be called prudes — I certainly didn’t when I was hanging out with my guy friends and privy to their conversations about women’s appearances.
It took a disturbing experience masquerading as a good time to make me willing to prioritize my comfort over my male companions’ titillation. During my sophomore year, my college held a “naked run” for some kind of charity. People came for the spectacle, not to support altruism. Standing on the green, watching the participants, I finally had it with my friends’ comments about so-and-so’s breasts or who looked surprisingly fat.
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