Yes, parents should still have “The Talk,” and here’s why.
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – She was a 13-year-old with a cellphone and a Tumblr account. She used it only to share funny photos and brief animated videos with her friends.Each time she opened the app, there was a snippet – a quick “gif” or video – reposted for her to view: breasts, genitals, action. “It’s like you weren't even watching the porn – you were watching three seconds of it on a loop and trying to scroll past it as fast as you could,” said Tori D’Amico, now 19.
In 2019, exposure to explicit sexual content through social media starts early for teenagers, when few have the maturity or education to understand that the images don’t represent real life. The internet, with its infinite offerings, both positive and negative, fills the void left by school sex-ed curricula that focus primarily on avoiding pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases rather than the ingredients of a healthy sexual relationship.
Every other year, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveys teens about how frequently they engage in behavior that may put them at risk. The 2017 survey – the most recent available – found the lowest rate of sex among high school students since the question was first asked in 1991. TheTeen births also reached a record low last year, in part because of more widespread availability of contraception, but also because fewer teens are having sex to begin with.
Other sources of dopamine come from non-sexual pursuits. The proliferation of games and phone apps that stimulate the pleasure response is “providing little mini-dopamine hits all the time," he said."It’s not the same as the big one we can get from sex, but you know what? It’s enough.” That survey did not ask specifically about choking during sex. But it found that among men and women of all ages, about 40% found “rough sex” appealing.Teen sex education is evolving
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