Kids are getting their sex education from porn. If parents hate that, they should talk to their kids about sex rather than criticizing porn.
And they should urge schools and churches to better serve young people by talking about sex in an accurate, meaningful way.
Yesterday I started a five-campus lecture tour. Co-sponsored by the Secular Student Association and funded by the website SexEd.Net and its owner Steve Markoff, I started in Utah State University. I’ll end at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Some couples are in conflict about a woman’s insistence that her partner stop watching porn.
What does she hope to gain by this?
Every year, the White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) week mobilizes America’s community leaders, religious figures, and politicians. Their goal is to spread lies and hysteria about the dangers of adult pornography, and its alleged connections with sex trafficking, domestic violence, and child exploitation.
I have written about this cynical, shameful project many times: (https://goo.gl/fYS2KE; https://goo.gl/4juJRQ; https://goo.gl/HHkHKo). This year…
Is watching porn a form of infidelity?
This is not a helpful question. Every time I hear it in session, in fact, I think it’s the wrong question. But women and men keep asking it, so let me answer it here.
The simple answer is, it all depends on how you define infidelity.
You’re a good dad, you care about your kids and want the best for them. “The best” includes the information and values they need to develop healthy sexuality.
When parents ask me “at what age should I start talking to my kids about sex?” I gently reply, “If you haven’t started yet, you’re behind schedule—no matter what age they are.”