Introduction

Despite evidence that pornography is used by adolescents to learn about sex, there are no empirically supported, school-based sex education programs currently available in the United States (US) that include education about pornography.

Methods

This qualitative study, conducted in 2022, inquired with high school health teachers (n = 9) and administrators (n = 8) in Massachusetts about students’ sex education needs and barriers and facilitators to the provision of education about pornography as a part of school-based sex education.

Results

There is a clear need and desire to include education about pornography in school-based sex education, but there are also substantial barriers. Some of these barriers are logistical (e.g., having enough time to cover the topic), while others are more political (e.g., concern about pushback from the school board, parents, and the community). Even with those concerns, participants provided multiple strategies to decrease the likelihood of pushback and expressed hope that the needs of the students would prevail.

Conclusion

A critical next step will be to take a community-informed approach to develop and assess the feasibility and acceptability of education about pornography within a school context.

Policy Implications

Teachers and administrators in the US are facing a barrage of political and legislative campaigns that seek to limit or control the topics they teach. To facilitate the inclusion of education about pornography in school-based sex education, policies at the local, state, and national levels will need to state that such education is a necessary component of current sex education curricula.

中文翻译：

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“我们仍在学习如何谈论色情”：教师和管理人员对将色情教育纳入马萨诸塞州高中性教育计划的看法

介绍

尽管有证据表明青少年利用色情内容来了解​​性知识，但美国目前还没有包括色情教育在内的经实证支持的基于学校的性教育计划。

方法

这项定性研究于 2022 年进行，向马萨诸塞州的高中卫生教师 ( n  = 9) 和管理人员 ( n  = 8) 询问了学生的性教育需求以及在学校提供色情教育的障碍和促进因素以性教育为基础。

结果

人们显然有必要和愿望将色情教育纳入学校性教育，但也存在很大的障碍。其中一些障碍是后勤方面的（例如，有足够的时间来讨论该主题），而其他障碍则更具政治性（例如，担心来自学校董事会、家长和社区的阻力）。即使存在这些担忧，参与者仍提供了多种策略来减少阻力的可能性，并表示希望学生的需求能够占上风。

结论

下一步关键是采取社区知情的方法来制定和评估学校内色情教育的可行性和可接受性。

政策影响

美国的教师和管理人员面临着一系列政治和立法运动，这些运动试图限制或控制他们所教授的主题。为了促进将色情教育纳入学校性教育，地方、州和国家各级的政策需要声明此类教育是当前性教育课程的必要组成部分。