P for Porn (It's not what you think!)

Today's post is somewhat controversial and will probably raise a few eyebrows. Before I continue I should probably clarify that this post is probably not quite what you expect it's going to be!

In the future sexual health is a field I am seriously considering working it. I feel that young people are not being responsible and that maybe if someone like me had talked to me when I was younger then puberty and the birds and the bees would maybe have not terrified me as much!

Something I saw on the internet the other day said that teenagers watch about 90 hours of porn a year. I think I worked out this is about 15 minutes every single day. This worries me somewhat as I think a lot of children and young teens are using porn as their education. 

I went to a Catholic secondary school and so the sex education was zero. Teachers even had to tip toe around the topic in other subjects like geography when talking about population control as Catholics do not believe in contraception. 

After watching documentaries on the subject too it highlights the fact that porn is not how it seems. One man featured in the show did gay porn but was actually straight and was married with kids. He showed how the porn didn't actually show what was implied was happening. He had not actually had sex with any men in his career at all. Another woman talked about how she had had to do things she'd hated and the work was difficult. The woman had suffered from STI's through her job and all sorts. Not only do I feel for these people whose lives are being totally controlled by the sex industry I worry about the people watching it thinking this is normal. 

How can we teach the younger generation when sex is still such a taboo?