Absolutely right. Normally available porn normalizes patriarchy/male gaze/misogyny/sexual harassment, etc., and it's a virtual guarantee you'll see it if you have access to the Internet.
Having decent/beginner pornography aimed at teenagers going through puberty is an obvious harm reduction approach.
Parents monitoring the exact porn you watch is too fucked up. But if you're a non-puritan parent and you take a look at a site and see that it's generally okay content that could be a good thing. I think the guilt of watching porn behind your parents' back, against their will gives rise to its own fucked up ideas about sex.
Also, having come across a pornographic image as a child - I just found it gross. I knew what sex was from TV and other kids, but you aren't interested in this adult thing until you get to puberty.
This exactly, there's definitely potential benefit from a more moderated less sexist etc site and my parents knowing what kind of porn I watch would feel awful and I'd end up looking at something else. My dad could see what websites I was at through the router so I got very paranoid and used workarounds at his place.
The tweet isn't that bad, I think it's the use of "kids" rather than "teens" and the parental involvement that creeps people out for good reason
Absolutely right. Normally available porn normalizes patriarchy/male gaze/misogyny/sexual harassment, etc., and it's a virtual guarantee you'll see it if you have access to the Internet.
Having decent/beginner pornography aimed at teenagers going through puberty is an obvious harm reduction approach.
Parents monitoring the exact porn you watch is too fucked up. But if you're a non-puritan parent and you take a look at a site and see that it's generally okay content that could be a good thing. I think the guilt of watching porn behind your parents' back, against their will gives rise to its own fucked up ideas about sex.
Also, having come across a pornographic image as a child - I just found it gross. I knew what sex was from TV and other kids, but you aren't interested in this adult thing until you get to puberty.
This exactly, there's definitely potential benefit from a more moderated less sexist etc site and my parents knowing what kind of porn I watch would feel awful and I'd end up looking at something else. My dad could see what websites I was at through the router so I got very paranoid and used workarounds at his place.
The tweet isn't that bad, I think it's the use of "kids" rather than "teens" and the parental involvement that creeps people out for good reason