The 3 Ms of Fearless Digital Parenting by Carrie Rogers-Whitehead

Author:Carrie Rogers-Whitehead
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510763739
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Pornography

In my work with Digital Respons-Ability, I found myself inadvertently thrust into the anti-porn space. I was once asked to be on a panel with staff from an anti-pornography nonprofit and have participated in community discussions and meetings with anti-porn advocates. While I do not bring up pornography in my parenting presentations, the question does come up. Through conversations and research, I have discovered many people who associate online safety with anti-pornography.

I do not bring up pornography in my parenting presentations because it is a highly politicized and controversial topic. Your opinions about pornography depend on your upbringing, race, religion, political affiliation, sexuality, and much more. It’s also a subject that needs more research and longitudinal studies. In a 2018 study in the Journal of Sex Research, researchers looked at the pornography use of 900 people from adolescence through adulthood. They found associations between pornography use and mental health but did not find that pornography use in adolescence directly translated to the same pattern of consumption in adulthood. In their review of pornography literature, these researchers write, “the research on pornography and its correlates is mixed and varied.” The researchers encourage looking at pornography within the context of both the individual and their life circumstances:

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