Given the abysmal state of school and community-based sexuality education in America, combined with porn’s vast online presence, it is no surprise many young people turn to porn looking for sex education.Īs Jiz Lee, a leader in the queer porn movement, performer, and writer, wisely observes, “In the absence of comprehensive sex education, people use porn to learn about sex-what sex looks like, who gets to have it, and what it means to be sexy.
In America, as of 2008, over 90% of young men and over 60% of young women in college had encountered online porn before they turned 18. Online video pornography, specifically, is a massively lucrative industry that dominates large swaths of the internet.
