Recent research from Rutgers School of Public Health and New York’s Guttmacher Institute demonstrates a dire need for more extensive and accessible sexual education and information for young people across the globe, and highlights a “number of areas” in which the United States can improve sex ed for American youth. While disappointing, these findings aren’t exactly surprising - nor are they exclusive to the United Kingdom. Over half of those surveyed admitted to specifically seeking out pornographic content in the hopes it would help them better understand sex and/or sexual health, though few actually found it useful (hence: Pornhub’s attempt at sex ed). Thus, young people are forced to turn to what they do know - porn. The UK-based sexual health organization queried hundreds of people from the ages of 11 to 25, and found that while nearly 90 percent of respondents actively wanted a “happy and healthy” digital destination providing RSE to young people, only 21 percent knew which educational content was safe and/or reliable.
