Academic

Sex Ed That?s, Well, Quite Educational

By Bridget Crawford

I’ve written before that pornography is not necessarily a good form of sex ed.  Depends on the porn, in theory.  To me, this much is clear: when porn embraces abuse, degradation, humiliation, torture, that’s not sex ed.  

Consider the question’s flip side: is sex ed a “good” form of pornography?  Depends on the sex-ed, I suppose.  I’m reserving judgment for now, but I appreciate the well-done Cherry TV website (subtitle “Juicy Talk for Women”) for its lively, informative discussions.  It’s far less how-to-please-your-man than Cosmo, and infinitely more interesting than those sex ed films I remember from the 1970s.

-Bridget Crawford

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).