BBC: Should children be taught that porn is not real?

RemadERemadE Global Moderator
edited October 2012 in Spurious Generalities
My rebuttal?
No, it's not real. Pizza guys won't show you their cock if you order "extra pepperoni", twins aren't going to lez off in front of you and not every girl likes the taste of spunk.
BUT if it weren't for watching porn, or joking about it with mates, I don't think I'd be the proud title-holder of some quality nicknames from girls in my past, and they surely wouldn't have been as half as good or willing had they not watched it.

Here's an excerpt from the report:
Many teenagers regularly view porn. But does this give them a distorted view of sex and relationships, and is there anything that can be done?

For many parents, the idea of their child seeking out, or stumbling across, online porn is the stuff of nightmares.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20042508

Probably not the best time for the BBC to be talking about porn and kids in the same sentence, but I was giggling and learning from photos sent via phones and MSN at the age of 14/15. Sex Ed at school was about as useful and informative as an 18th century Encyclopaedia. Outdated, boring, took an entire week to just go over and awkward as watching a sex tape of your Grandparents.

Personally, if Teens (15+) stumble across it or are exposed to porn that is human-to-human, it doesn't bother me. Maybe it's because I don't have kids but seriously, the best shags I've had have been with girls that are comfortable with their sexuality. It's the prudish types who won't even give a guy a BJ who piss me off, or cry because a dick is too big.

So there's a half rant and half report on why I think it's fine for those 15+. The term "child" is rather broad, and legally is someone who's under the age of 18, but anyone competent enough to click "I agree" on a site is gonna view whatever they wish.
I suppose to another aspect of life, it's the same argument with Video Games. Most kids have one that is 18 rated. It's just another primal urge - instead of fucking, it's murder. One is illegal outright, the other is illegal under certain circumstances.

To lighten the mood in an early-Internet World:
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