ABSTRACT

Researchers and media commentators often claim that young people are increasingly learning about sex through pornography, but evidence about this is unclear. This article reports on a mixed methods systematic review of research on pornography use for sexual learning. Ten articles were included that explicitly addressed how porn users describe the educational aspects of pornography. Thematic analysis located five key themes about ‘porn education’ in these articles: learning the mechanics of sex; learning concerning sexual identities and sexualities; inadequate information through pornography; wrong lessons from pornography; and a need for more relevant sex education. No articles attempted to measure or discuss whether people who access pornography have better (or worse) skills and knowledge about sex and sexual health than those who do not. Sex education is only discussed in relation to young people, neglecting attention to lifelong learning about sex and sexuality. According to this dataset, pornography use can offer useful information about the mechanics of sex, and this is particularly pertinent for young gay men. Many articles reveal that young people are often aware of the shortcomings of pornography as a source of information and guidance, and that improvements to sex and relationships education are necessary.

抽象的

研究人员和媒体评论员经常声称，年轻人越来越多地通过色情学习性知识，但有关这一点的证据尚不清楚。本文报告了一种混合方法，系统地回顾了性学习中使用色情的研究。包括十篇文章，明确论述了色情用户如何描述色情的教育方面。主题分析在这些文章中找到了关于“色情教育”的五个关键主题：学习性行为的技巧；学习有关性身份和性行为的知识；色情信息不足；色情的错误教训；并且需要更相关的性教育。没有文章试图衡量或讨论访问色情内容的人是否比没有色情的人具有更好（或更差）的性能力和性健康知识。性教育只针对年轻人，而忽略了对性和性生活的终生学习。根据该数据集，色情内容的使用可以提供有关性行为机制的有用信息，这对于年轻的男同性恋者尤为重要。许多文章表明，年轻人经常意识到色情作为信息和指导来源的缺点，因此有必要改善性和人际关系的教育。