Violence Prevention and Porn Literacy: Why You Should Include Porn Literacy in Your Violence Prevention Programming – and How to Do It!
Prevention Peer Network
This webinar was held on August 12, 2021
On August 12th we explored why violence preventionists should incorporate porn literacy into their curriculum. Preventionists had the opportunity to learn how to teach porn literacy to youth using a shame-free, trauma-informed, and anti-oppression lens.
Preventionists engaged in conversations of how to teach porn literacy, what the goals of porn literacy are, and how to field difficult questions that may come up. Additionally, participants learned how to incorporate technology like Mentimeter, Google Slides, Jamboard, and media clips that do not contain pornography.
Facilitator:
Sarah Diamond, Lead Prevention & Community Engagement Specialist with the Center for Community Solutions
Resources:
- Google Drive Resources: Includes the resources listed below, and activities shared in the webinar.
- The Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: developed by a national task force of experts in the fields of adolescent development, health care, and education, provide a framework of the key concepts topics, and messages that all sexuality education programs would ideally include. Available on the SIECUS website, along with additional resources.
Center for Community Solutions:
Articles:
- Kids Need Porn Literacy
- This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate
- What Teenagers are Learning from Online Porn
Lesson Plans:
- Porn, What You Should Know (from The Practical Guide to Love, Sex, and Relationships)
- Sex, the Media, and Pornography in Sex and Relationships Education: A Starting Point Resource for Teachers
- Teaching and Learning Activities for Addressing Concerns about Pornography in Health Education
Boston University School of Public Health — developed a porn literacy curriculum from a violence prevention framework:
- NSVRC Podcast
- A trend analysis of U.S. adolescents’ intentional pornography exposure on the internet, 2000-2010
- A Pornography Literacy Program for Adolescents
- A Pornography Literacy Class for Youth: Results of a Feasibility and Efficacy Pilot Study
- Trainings and curriculum
Additional:
- Let’s Talk About Porn – Tips for Teachers
- Keep It Real Online
- Key Messages About Porn
- Amaze Video on Fact vs Fiction
- Questions to Consider About Porn
- Give the Talk
- Resources for Continued Learning About Addressing Porn in Sex Education
Questions?
If you have additional questions please contact Partnership staff, Miranda Stiers, miranda@cpedv.org.