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Help - I'm about to teach teenage boys about porn and consent......

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MrsTumbletap · 19/01/2019 12:07

Hi all secondary teacher here and I'm due to teach sexual health this term. To male and female students aged 16-18. I have all the STD, condoms and revenge porn stuff covered. But I actually want to go into depth about consent and porn and how damaging it is, for both male and female participants such as depression, MH issues, lack of empathy for rape victims etc.

I have just found the link to a TED talk on another thread and I'm going to talk about the sexual violence. But does anybody have any links/articles that I could show? As I'm finding stuff that has a lot of inappropriate images or inappropriate language.

I can't for example use the TED talk as the language would result in parental complaints.

So I need to talk about how awful it is but I can't show it in picture or with videos, if you see what I mean.

Any help would be really appreciated.

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Freespeecher · 19/01/2019 12:12

Best comment I've seen about porn was someone comparing it to WWE wrestling. Really gets the point across that it's not real (as it's a reference they'll get) while not being preachy, plus takes the pressure off them thinking they need to sexually perform at pornstar level to be 'normal'.

I mean you can't leave it at that but it's a start.

GrinitchSpinach · 19/01/2019 12:12

fightthenewdrug.org has lots of resources

Good luck! You have a chance to make a big impact on your students' lives and the lives of their current and future sexual partners.

kalefire · 19/01/2019 12:11

Although if it's 16-18 yo students surely some bad language would be ok?
Perhaps send a letter to parents/guardians explaining the importance of the video and offering to discuss it with them first? To cover yourself?

kalefire · 19/01/2019 12:10

Is there anyway The IT dept could edit the ted talk vid to blank out the bad language? Or is there too much ?

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