[fullshark]

Some day an honest conversation about how in our current internet landscape boys learn about sex through consuming hardcore pornography before they even kiss someone and whether that's something we want as a society needs to happen.

[ctrlp]

"Lord, give me chastity and continence, but not yet!"

[falcolas]

> whether that's something we want as a society needs to happen

Not sure there's a choice. The allure of the taboo draws people in, even when they are not interested in the acts themselves.

We should instead tailor education to assume that boys and girls will find a way to access porn.

[vacuity]

Do you mean that sex ed classes should discuss how porn affects expectations of sex? That does seem reasonable.

[falcolas]

Yup. Reasonable, and perhaps even required. Similar to sex itself, aside from "abstinence only" positions on porn, there's very little open or fact-driven discussion about it.

[ahalbert]

The author thinks that porn literacy is a good thing, but she notes that it's difficult to teach students to read texts you can't show them.

[smitty1e]

Until we re-prioritize the f-word--family--the rest of the discussion is tangential.

[vacuity]

What is the issue and what needs to be done?

[smitty1e]

The issue is that families are the Lego blocks of society and "we" have systematically destroyed the idea of family on the altar of Progress.

The remedy is to return to the traditional notion of family that was not the depraved wreckage you see before you.

[vacuity]

Do extended families or same-sex couples count?

[smitty1e]

One can evaluate the tree based upon the fruit. I'm not here to boss anyone around.