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"Porn is not an educational video."

3/14/2019

 
I say this often in my office.  In fact, I said it just the other day to a client.  I really believe people know this on some level.  They understand that porn is meant for entertainment purposes, the majority of it with the male gaze in mind, and that like the rest of Hollywood it has all kinds of movie-making secrets and techniques to trick the viewer into believing what they are watching is really, authentically happening between the actors.

Yet in the absence of comprehensive sex education in our country, coupled with the inherent curiosity everyone seems to have about sex, I think it’s inevitable that some people look to porn to answer the questions they have about sex.  Examples of those questions and curiosities can be:
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DIANE GLEIM  
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST 
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