We recently published a new commentary and landscape scan at AIBM.org to kick off our work on pornography—an issue that’s widely discussed, but rarely examined with clear, evidence-based thinking.
The average American boy first encounters pornography around age 12. By the time he graduates high school, he’s spent years consuming content that looks very different from what researchers have studied—or what most parents imagine.
But the research hasn’t kept pace. And neither have parents, educators, policymakers, or funders. As a result, young people are navigating unprecedented, always-on access to sexually explicit content with very little guidance or honest conversation.
In this episode, we bring together leading researchers to take stock of what we know, what we don’t, and where the field needs to go next. You can view a recording of the webinar below, or listen to the audio on our podcast feed.
Researchers: If you are studying these questions and would like to be part of a research convening this summer, please contact David at david@aibm.org.
And stay tuned as we’ll continue publishing more interviews with pornography researchers over the coming weeks and months.
Finally, if you want a good laugh, here’s a clever public service announcement from New Zealand’s Keep It Real Online initiative:
