Over the last two years there has been a growing awareness of the need to help young people understand the images and messages they are receiving through their accessing of pornography. Whilst some people will argue that there has always been porn, the nature and accessibility of material that the internet allows has changed significantly in the last decade. The title of the report earlier this from the Children’s Commissioner – ‘Basically porn is everywhere’ seems to sum up the situation for many young people.
There are increasing arguments relating to the impact of porn on how young people view expectations in relationships, the roles of men and women, violence in relationships and body image. And yet how do schools effectively raise these issues with their pupils? High quality sex and relationships education lessons delivered by confident teachers in a climate of trust and respect can go a long way, but schools may be wary about misunderstandings about lesson content or just be unsure of how to even broach the subject.
Following a number of requests from schools for support we have booked BISH training to deliver a one day training session on January 31st. The session aims to give workers the understanding, confidence and the skills to help young people to be more critical about the sexual and pornographic content that they come across.
For more information and booking click here
For more background information click below for the Children’s Commissioner report and also the excellent report on the sexualisation of young people by Dr Linda Papadopoulos.
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