The alarms regarding the consumption of pornography at extremely young ages have been raised, perhaps too late, and the Department of Education of the Basque Government wants teachers to be an ally in facing this problem and its consequences. The Basque Executive will begin training its teachers next week and has summoned representatives from all public and subsidized centers to some mandatory sessions.
The perspective of the Department of Education is that, beyond the essential demands on platforms regarding mechanisms for age verification, the educational system must contribute to addressing, together with families, issues related to sexual education or consent, areas around which important gaps are detected among students.
This problem of pornography at an early age, practically in childhood, however, is also related to the early use of mobile phones, an area in which the Basque Government’s Education has been less expeditious and has rejected a general ban. in schools (each center decides on this).
These first conferences on pornography among schoolchildren aimed at teachers will take place starting next January 23, led by Sandra Sedano, professor of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the University of the Ballears Islands; María Rodríguez Suárez, sexologist and doctor in Gender and Diversity; and Maider García de Vicuña, psychologist and sexologist.
In their presentations they will discuss the effects and impact of pornography among students, the construction of the sexual imaginary of young people based on pornography or the importance of sexual education in adolescence.
The objective of the Department of Education is that the contents that will be taught reach all educational centers and as many secondary school teachers as possible. Thus, the sessions are mandatory for all centers supported by public funds – that is, public and subsidized – and it is expected that around 2,000 teachers will attend, with at least two representatives per center who must then boost this knowledge in each school or institute.
