1. Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum
Fantasy or Reality?
12th Grade Lesson from
Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum

3. Why Do We Try to Sell Burgers Using This…

4. …Rather than This?

5. Sex Sells…

6. What is the difference between this…

7. ...and this?

8. Between this…

9. …and this?

10. Between this…

11. …and this?

12. Legal Definition
“the depiction of sexual behavior that is intended to arouse sexual excitement in its audience”

13. Impact of Viewing Sexually-Explicit Media (SEM)
Data all over the place
People more likely to try what they see in a video or movie (pros and cons)
Older students (college-age) more likely to be interested in hook-ups vs. relationships if they had viewed SEM
With ongoing viewing of SEM, some people can no longer get aroused without viewing it

14. Impact of Viewing Sexually-Explicit Media (SEM)
If people in relationships have different feelings about whether it’s okay to view, it could be considered cheating
At the very least, can be seen as threatening/intimidating in relationships (“I don’t look like them”)
Can increase sense of invulnerability to STDs and HIV (“I look like them; therefore I won’t get an STD, either!”)

15. Important Take-Homes…
Viewing SEM in relationships should be considered a behavior that needs consent from both partners or they should agree not to view it – both people need to want to do it in order for it to be consensual.
Viewing SEM is not considered a negative by everyone but people should keep in mind that it is fantasy and not reality.
Viewing ANY kind of media to excess (like playing video games) can be seen as compulsive behavior and should be checked out.