A 2015 survey conducted by the National Union of Students found that 60% of respondents turned to porn to fill in the gaps in sex education. While 40% of those people said they learned a little, 75% of respondents said they felt porn created unrealistic expectations when it comes to sex. Some of the unrealistic expectations from porn can be dangerous. A study found that 88% of porn contained violence, and another study found that those who consumed porn were more likely to become sexually aggressive.
But now the thing that breaks those unrealistic expectations… might also be porn? Pornhub has launched a sex education section.
The adult website’s first series is simply titled, “Pornhub Sex Ed” and contains 11 videos and is accessible through the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center. The section also contains articles, some showing real anatomy and examples in order to bust myths people may have picked up on other portions of the website.
The video series covers everything you need to know about sex and were too afraid to Google, including male and female anatomy, STIs, communication, and how to prepare for sex. The series even covers how to have safe sex during the pandemic, because your gym teacher probably never taught you how to put a face mask on a banana.
While studies have linked watching porn to erectile dysfunction, porn is still a popular pastime for many. Pornhub gets 130 million visitors a day, in fact. And while porn is far from educational (because the pizza boy is never going to break out into a math problem when he asks for a tip), the website does want to inform and educate viewers on IRL sex. “For many people, their first real exposure to sexual imagery is from popular culture, where dramatization and entertainment value distort what real sex is like. That’s why the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center created this new video series: to provide a go-to resource for people to learn about how to have sex safely and get visual answers to common questions about sexual experiences,” Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in a release.
One of the more surprising things about Pornhub’s Sexual Wellness Center – aside from the fact that it exist – is who visits it. Just over half of all visitors are millennials under the age of 35, and over 70% of visitors are men. “One third of our visitors are over 45 — that tells us that we are never too old to learn a thing or two about sexuality,” Dr. Laurie Betito, Director of the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center, said per Scarry Mommy. “Our sexuality is not static; it is ever evolving, which is demonstrated by our numbers.”
After all, you can’t really expect a team of cheerleaders to resort to unusual fundraisers when trying to get themselves to Dallas!