How Porn is Influencing Teens' Views of Sex

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 13, 2018

Maggie Jones, New York Times Magazine contributing writer and visiting assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses her reporting on teenagers, porn and sex -- specifically, how much pornography they’re watching (a lot more than their parents think), and how it’s shaping their views on sex, pleasure, power dynamics and relationships.

@maggiepjones says older teens often told her of porn "there was no place else to find out about sex."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 13, 2018

@maggiepjones says teens told her they were confused re: porn. They assumed what they were seeing in porn would translate to their own sex lives. They didn't always understand what was fake, what was real.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 13, 2018

In response to @DouthatNYT's suggestion to ban porn, @maggiepjones says what should happen is better sex ed, and better media literacy. So when teens come across it, they can discern fantasy and reality.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 13, 2018

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