Sex Ed By Porn? Surely We Can Do Better

Gain skills to assist young people whose sexual understandings have been distorted by pornography. NEXT FRIDAY - BOOK NOW - we are filling fast but

Gain skills to assist young people whose sexual understandings have been distorted by pornography.

NEXT FRIDAY - BOOK NOW - we are filling fast but spaces are still available for this very worthwhile workshop.

Over the past decade or so, pornography has become both more mainstream and more hardcore. For young people growing up in this era of ever-new and accessible technology it is almost impossible to avoid exposure to pornography. Consumption – particularly for young men – has become normalised. And the ways young people understand and experience gender and sex are being influenced by what they – or their partners or peers – observe in porn, with serious implications for their capacity to negotiate free and full consent, for mutual respect, for sexual health, and for gender equality.

This Auckland workshop is suitable for teachers, youth workers, nurses, psychologists and others involved in education, health promotion, violence prevention, support or counselling with young people, or in policy development in related areas. The training will assist participants to develop their understanding of pornography and its influence, and the frameworks and confidence to address the issues with young people.

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GROW is delighted to host Maree Crabbe who coordinates the community education project Reality & Risk: Pornography, young people and sexuality. She is Co-Producer and Co-Director of the documentary film Love and Sex in an Age of Pornography, and author of In The Picture – a whole school resource to assist secondary schools to address the influence of explicit sexual imagery.

Maree has worked with young people – and on issues affecting young people – in the community sector for over 20 years. She has developed and delivered programs focusing on sexual violence prevention, sexual diversity and prevention of sexually transmissible infections. Maree’s articles on young people, sexuality and pornography have been published extensively in online and print media.

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BOOKING BUTTON
AUCKLAND 13 November 2015.
Cost: $145 +GST for the day's workshop.
Reduced price of $130 +GST for subsequent bookings from the same organisation.

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