"Without this sex education that everybody can learn from … there is a vacuum and that vacuum is being filled with pornography." "Female pleasure in particular is off the agenda entirely in the education department." Ms Watson said values like consent and understanding your body could be taught to kids from Year 1 onwards and that topics of consent and pleasure were lacking. They're really aware of the gap," she said. "I've been most interested in what's been lacking in their education and what pornography has filled in in their education. Ms Watson said her project showed teen boys had strong media literacy, but that education programs in schools were failing young people. The head of the Australian Childhood Foundation, Dr Joe Tucci, told the Porn Harms Kids seminar earlier this year that exposure could lead to sexually offending behaviour. The Federal Government cites research that finds young Australians are accessing pornography at increasing rates and boys aged 14-17 are the most frequent viewers. "Teachers didn't want me to come to class to talk to students about it letters sent home with kids, they didn't want to show their parents."īut she said most boys reported seeing pornographic material for the first time in the schoolyard, with their friends sharing videos or images found online. "There are so many gatekeepers to the conversation, it was really challenging," she told ABC News Breakfast. The former school teacher said it was a difficult project to tackle because of an "extreme" level of shame and taboo around the topic. The project was organised by St Martins Youth Arts Centre artistic director Clare Watson, who will direct a new play entitled Gonzo that is based on the responses. "I mean, I don't look like that I don't expect every girl to look like that either." or does a better job than most of pretending. She isn't thrown around but the man moves her around like a doll and she wordlessly complies.Women in straight porn are often reduced to sexist stereotypes of housewives, girlfriends, mothers and often demonstrated to be quite objectified and submissive to males.I often watch porn that shows young gay men having sex with older men.I often watch pornography late at night when I can watch it alone.Okay, so this is my question: Do parents watch porn?.I mean, I don't look like that, I don't expect every girl to look like that either. It's like cartoons with y'know pianos falling on people, or action movies with car crashes and explosions. By the time in Year 8 I'd say everyone has. For me, I watched it a lot to begin with and then it kind of eased off.
"It's like cartoons with y'know pianos falling on people, or action movies with car crashes and explosions," one boy said. The results of the survey showed while most boys had seen pornography, many were able to understand the difference between those depictions and real life. By the time in Year 8 I'd say everyone has," another boy said.
"It's always just there in your face," one boy said. Hundreds of Australian boys aged 12-18 completed anonymous interviews and surveys that covered everything from how much pornography they viewed, to what they think of it, and what questions it sparked. A new project has delved into the minds of teenage boys to discover just what they think about pornography - and the results will soon be turned into a stage play.