A Pornography Literacy Class for Youth: Results of a Feasibility and Efficacy Pilot Study

Online Sexual Experiences Predict Subsequent Sexual Health and Victimization Outcomes Among Female Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis

“…This socialization process could explain why several studies show that female adolescents and emerging adults who use pornography tend to have more sex partners, report trying to copy behaviors seen in pornography, are more likely to engage in anal sex compared to female adolescents who do not use pornography (Maas & Dewey, 2018;Mattebo, Tydén, Häggström-Nordin, Nilsson, & Larsson, 2016). Therefore, female adolescents may benefit from pornography education programming that promotes critical thinking skills, to mitigate influential effects from pornography viewing (see Rothman, Adhia, Christensen, Paruk, Alder, & Daley, 2018).…”

Adolescent sexual aggressiveness and pornography use: A longitudinal assessment

“…In addition, our insights may inform pornography literacy programs, which have been recently proposed and developed to help adolescents in navigating the increasingly sexually explicit online environment (Rothman et al, 2018;Vandenbosch & van Oosten, 2017;Dawson, Nic Gabhainn, & MacNeela, 2019).…”

A Digital Pornography Literacy Resource Co-Designed With Vulnerable Young People: Development of "The Gist"

“…Pornography literacy has been advocated as a harm reduction approach. On the basis of the media literacy theory [ 31 ], the key aims of pornography literacy approaches are to teach young people skills to critically analyze the messages in pornography, to increase their understanding of risks of exposure, and to encourage them to hold critical attitudes toward viewing the content and its messages [ 21 , 29 , 31 , 32 ]. However, there is little consensus about what pornography literacy education programs should include or how they should be delivered [ 33 ].…”

“…Importantly, current literature is inconclusive about the effectiveness of pornography literacy to reduce pornography-related harms among young people [ 32 , 34 , 35 ]. A small body of the literature suggests that participation in media literacy may help young people to develop skills to critique media messages and develop realistic expectations [ 33 ].…”

“…However, the study did not define pornography literacy, relying on self-reporting of receiving any school-based education about pornography [ 35 ]. A recent preliminary study of 24 college students (aged 15-24 years) assessed the feasibility and effectiveness of a class-based pornography literacy program; it found that pornography-related knowledge increased posttest and some attitudinal shifts resulted [ 32 ]. These programs have been implemented and evaluated among young people engaged through formal in-person education and, thus, may not be applicable to those not in formal education settings.…”