What does it mean to be ‘porn literate’: perspectives of young people, parents and teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Healy-Cullen, Siobhán; Morison, Tracy; Taylor, Joanne E.; Taylor, Kris

doi:10.1080/13691058.2023.2194355

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“…Addressing pornography use may also have positive outcomes for adolescents ( Dawson et al, 2018 , 2019b ; Healy-Cullen et al, 2022 , 2023 ). Parents who address pornography can acknowledge that sexual interest and pleasure are natural parts of adolescent development and consequently help to reduce the stigma associated with sex and sexuality ( Sladden et al, 2021 ).…”

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Barriers and recommendations for parent–child conversations about pornography

Dawson,

Gabhainn,

Friday

et al. 2024

Front. Sociol.

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IntroductionParents consistently report being worried about the impact of online pornography on their adolescent and pre-adolescent children’s development. Yet, most parents do not discuss pornography as part of parent–child conversations about sexuality. The current study sought to identify the barriers to parent–child conversations about pornography.MethodsWe present two studies. The first study employed one-to-one interviews to explore parents’ (n = 14) beliefs about their role in their child’s pornography education. The second study involved the quantitative assessment of Study 1 findings in a sample of parents of pre-adolescent and adolescent children (n = 408).ResultsFindings indicate that three overarching themes prevent parents from addressing pornography with their adolescent children, parents’ practical ability to discuss pornography, their attitudes toward discussing pornography, and the perceived positive impact of addressing pornography with their adolescent children. Practical ability was most often reported as the greatest barrier to parents engaging in parent–child conversations about pornography. Most notably, parents reported hesitancy in discussing pornography because they did not know how to define pornography or how to address pornography in an age-appropriate way. Fathers were also significantly less likely to believe that talking about pornography was socially acceptable.DiscussionWe discuss the implications of these findings and present recommendations for developing a parents’ pornography education resource.

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Barriers and recommendations for parent–child conversations about pornography

Dawson,

Gabhainn,

Friday

et al. 2024

Front. Sociol.

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‘It gets a Little Dicey on the Home Page’: Articulations of Desire and Disgust on Aggregate Porn Sites

Thorneycroft,

Nicholas,

K. Smith

2024

Sexuality & Culture

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Youth, Pornography, and Addiction: A Critical Review

Healy-Cullen,

Taylor,

Morison

2024

Curr Addict Rep

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Purpose of Review In this article, we dig more deeply into the assumptions underpinning common-sense understandings about youth “exposure” to pornography and the ostensible “effects” of this exposure, specifically “pornography addiction”. We trace the emergence of the notion of “pornography addiction”, highlighting how cultural conditions have allowed for its realisation as a socially recognisable and intelligible narrative. Recent Findings Media effects research on the issue of youth “exposure” to pornography is not conclusive, nor is pornography addiction officially recognised as a diagnosable disorder. Moreover, an emerging body of multidisciplinary qualitative research, which, importantly, includes the perspectives and experiences of young people themselves, raises questions about some of the assumptions and conclusions of effects-focused research. Summary Despite inconclusive and contrasting findings, the social narrative of pornography addiction persists both within and beyond academe. We make sense of this persistence in relation to the broader problematisation of youth sexuality, which includes unease and moral objection to young people viewing pornography. It is important to recognise the broader socio-cultural systems supporting the cultural narrative of pornography addiction, and the social functions that this narrative serves, that is, the need for adult intervention into the sexual lives of youth.

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What does it mean to be ‘porn literate’: perspectives of young people, parents and teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Barriers and recommendations for parent–child conversations about pornography

Barriers and recommendations for parent–child conversations about pornography

‘It gets a Little Dicey on the Home Page’: Articulations of Desire and Disgust on Aggregate Porn Sites

Youth, Pornography, and Addiction: A Critical Review

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