As hard as it may be to believe, from the age of eight or nine there are already a number of children who agree to watch porn online. From the age of 12, the proportion reaches 50% and from the age of 15 it almost reaches 90%. It is just one of the shocking data revealed in 'Porn Generation', a documentary series co-produced by 3Cat, ETB and Shine Iberia that analyzes the current relationship of young people with sex. TV3 premieres it this Tuesday within the 'Nits sense ficció' space.
The docuseries, which features testimonies from teenagers (and their parents) and experts such as social educators, psychologists and sexologists, reflects how porn consumption influences the sexual life of new generations and how having access to this content affects them. at such a young age, “from the expectations that are created as the normalization of terrible things such as the objectification of women,” warns Macarena Rey, CEO of Shine Iberia and executive producer of 'Generación Porno'.
"Our objective with this series is to make visible the problem we have with the sexual education of our children and with the relationship that exists between childhood and adolescence and porn to take measures as a society to solve it because it is a very serious problem and one that cannot be wants to see,” says Rey in statements to La Vanguardia.
“The data is there and it is devastating: 20% of Internet content is porn, 88% of pornographic content is violent, and the first contact with pornography is among children aged 8 to 9 years. Porn producers have brought this problem to Congress on several occasions but no party has wanted to take action,” Rey continues.
The executive producer of the series trusts that the broadcast of this docuseries will above all help two things: “Implement regulated sexual education classes in schools like any other subject and demand control over children's access to porn, which This is what the producers of this type of adult content ask for because they also have children and do not want their production to be seen by children.”
During the program, the psychologist and sexologist José Luis García makes a similarity with minors' access to porn. “Can you imagine if they put a cocaine vending machine in a school?” Macarena Rey warns that the police have told them that “every weekend there are dozens of cases of rape of teenagers because they have normalized the violent content that they see on the internet and take it into their daily lives.” Police forces attribute the increase in sexual violence in adolescents and group rapes to this pornographic consumption.
Rey explains what are the main consequences of watching porn at such a young age: “On the one hand, something that is not touched is normalized and on the other hand, expectations are created that when you later have a normal sexual relationship, it really seems less satisfying than when you watch porn. That is one of the main problems that psychologists report.”
Porn consumption by boys begins long before that of girls, who in most cases do so “to understand what boys are looking for,” says Rey, who points out another alarming issue: “favors such as leave notes or copy an exam with blowjobs.” The advice he gives to parents is that “they have to make an effort to sit down with their children and talk. It is a reality that is in the street and that must be faced.”
The docuseries offers such worrying data as that 54% of adolescents, that is, more than half, believe that porn is useful for learning, which leads José Luis García to warn that "leaving education in the hands of pornography." “The sexual and emotional future of an entire generation is at stake. "It's not nonsense." Social educator Marina Marroquí is concerned about another reality to reflect on: “Children do not look for porn at first, porn finds them and it is difficult to escape.”
In addition to its broadcast on regional channels such as TV3, ETB and Telemadrid, and after the expectation raised after its recent presentation at the Vitoria Television Festival (FesTVal), many teachers, schools and institutes have asked, Rey reveals, about the possibility to show the docuseries in classrooms as a tool to open a debate about a reality that is as little known as it is tremendously real.
