09/11/2026
What does p**n teach teens and young men about becoming a man?
That s*x is performance, that they're supposed to prove themselves, and that they're supposed to want it all the time?
Unfortunately, p**n isn't the only place these messages come from. Boys grow up surrounded by them from friends, films, social media and possibly even their own family members.
But when p**nography becomes a main source of information about s*x, it only reinforces those expectations.
In our latest blog, "P**n, Masculinity and Cultural Scripts", we look at the pressure to be s*xually confident, the fear of not being 'man enough ', and what happens when real-life intimacy doesn't match the expectations men have grown up with.
Read the full blog on our website.
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