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Pornography for children, what the ever loving fuck.

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MagicMix · 11/03/2019 13:44

Someone on my social media shared this commenting that it was probably the best solution to the problem of pornography messing up children's attitudes to sex.

www.unilad.co.uk/life/mums-unite-to-make-porn-theyre-happy-for-kids-to-watch/

Um, no, we should not be making pornography for children.

This must be some kind of sensationalist title, right? They are making a sex education video with mildly suggestive acted footage like you'd see in a mainstream film or TV programme, surely, not actual explicit footage of non-simulated sexual acts? Because it's illegal for an adult to show pornography to a child, so this can't be right can it?

It is staggering to me how anyone could think this was a good idea.

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Newsername · 11/03/2019 14:17

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

No. No. No.

Children, and I repeat CHILDREN, do not need alternative forms of porn. I’m not even going to justify the reason WHY!!

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MagicMix · 11/03/2019 14:16

The right approach is to talk to children and teenagers about sex, relationships, pornography and the porn industry to help them build resilience against porn culture. Make sure they understand that healthy, normal sex is about mutual pleasure and mutual respect and this is not what porn depicts. Make sure they are aware of the harms that pornography can have on viewers and also the exploitation, violence and human misery that goes into the creation of filmed pornography. Make sure they know that porn is not synonymous with masturbation. Age appropriate conversations throughout childhood, give them the knowledge they need to make healthy decisions.

Don't show them slightly less horrific porn and say wink wink go ahead.

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ToeToToe · 11/03/2019 14:12

Anyone else thinking of Monty Python?

whatsnewchoochoo · 11/03/2019 14:11

I also don't think it's a bad idea.

If you read the rationale it's because the mums were shown what porn is like today and were horrified by it.

Porn is going to happen, visual representations of sex and sexuality has been happening for thousands of years.

The porn that is available out there now is horrific, traumatic and damaging society.

If an alternative can be offered then let's open the discussion on that.

FlossieTeacakesFurCoat18 · 11/03/2019 14:04

I'm prepared to be shot down here, but I don't think it's such a bad idea. I wouldn't expect schools to start showing porn videos in class Confused but the fact is, kids ARE seeing what's out there, and what's out there is largely unpleasant. We already know it's giving young teens really distorted ideas of what's "normal".

I'd have some sort of independent advisory board to categorise all the porn that's produced, put it into into nice / nasty and then put the nasty stuff behind a paywall...

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MagicMix · 11/03/2019 14:03

Oh, I don't think the mums were going to be in the film, just directing it.

Channel 4. What else can you expect?

Um, I mean call me a naive optimist but not this.

Mind you I have seen people suggest in all sincerity that children should be shown porn clips to discuss in sex ed classes at school. And I'm quite sure they mean well and they clearly see there is a big problem with porn culture and children, but they have quite clearly got some very skewed ideas about what is appropriate.

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QuentinWinters · 11/03/2019 14:00

That sounds totally cringy....

shedid · 11/03/2019 13:58

Sounds like they've taken inspiration from 'Brave New World'

AssassinatedBeauty · 11/03/2019 13:56

I hope that they are children over the age of 18, and that hasn't been made clear. Presumably for sensationalist purposes and to raise more interest in this show.

AncientLights · 11/03/2019 13:54

Channel 4. What else can you expect?

MillytantForceit · 11/03/2019 13:54

"Mums make porn?"

My blood runs cold
My old lady's a centrefold?

Grimbles · 11/03/2019 13:50

It's probably sensationalist reporting and it's actually children in the sense of adult children.

Still an awful idea though Sad