With the fact that young people have easily access to mobile phones
and internet, it is easy for them to access pornography, even when they
are not looking for it. Most of them discover porn well before they
encounter sex – perhaps even before they have kissed or held a partner.
Porn
can give unrealistic messages about what sex is like. But, while it
might seem cool or exciting or turn young people on sexually, porn is
not reality. It is a performance. It misrepresents pleasure. Porn
commonly portrays – and reinforces – racial and gender stereotypes.
Mainstream pornography often depicts aggression and problematic messages
about consent. There is growing concern internationally that
pornography is contributing to cultural conditions that cultivate sexual
assault.
Pornography is a sensitive and challenging topic, but
young people’s high level of exposure and access to pornography, as well
as its impacts on young people, make it an important issue for
practitioners to address it in their work. Medicus Mundi Switzerland was
asked by its member to explore and discuss this matter in more details
to get a better understanding on how to best support young people in the
global south.
In the upcoming webinar Medicus Mundi Switzerland in collaboration with tdh schweiz explore how
pornography is impacting on young people, and what we can do to address
it.
The presentation will cover 7 key areas:
- The mainstreaming of pornography
- The nature of contemporary pornography
- Pornography's impact on young people
- Pornography's relationship to gender-based violence
- The factors that mediate pornography's impacts
- What we can do about it
- Addressing pornography's influence as a community
We will kick off this webinar series with Maree Crabbe the expert, co-founder and Director of the Australian violence prevention initiative, It’s time we talked. She is an educator, author, researcher and filmmaker who is passionate about gender-based violence prevention, and about supporting parents, schools, communities and government to address pornography’s influence on young people.
Date: 13th November 2024
Time: 9:30am CET (1.5 - 2h including Q&A)
Venue: Via Zoom
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Registration
Please register here for this free Webinar to receive the access link and the recordings.
Host: Hafid Derbal, Unoziba Tenga from terre des hommes schweiz (tdhs) and Carine Weiss, (E-Mail), Medicus Mundi Switzerland
Who should attend?
The webinar is intended for MMS-Members interested in the area of sexual and
reproductive health and rights and gender equality.
The Webinar
will take 90-120 minutes. It will be in English and will end with an open
discussion. Participants will be able to ask their questions at the end
of the presentation. The recording will be available for a very limited time for those who cannot attend. The recording can then be purchased via the website of Maree Crabee.
We look forward to sharing this experience with you!
The workshop is organised in joint collaboration with tdh schweiz.
