Ciudad Real hosts seminar on adolescent pornography prevention

The Ciudad Real City Council, through its School of Families, organized a seminar led by psychologist and sexologist Alejandro Villena to address the risks associated with adolescent exposure to pornography. Held at the Centro Nieves Adán, the session titled “How to survive the pornography pandemic in adolescence? Educational tools and keys” aimed to provide parents with resources to manage digital accompaniment and affective-sexual education.

Villena highlighted that in Spain, the average age of first exposure to pornography is between 9 and 11 years old. He noted that approximately 80% of young people have viewed pornographic content, with one in ten consuming it daily. The discussion focused on how digital environments have changed content accessibility, noting that “pornography comes to you” rather than requiring active searching.

The seminar addressed the potential impacts of such content on psychosexual development, body image perception, expectations regarding sexual relationships, and the understanding of consent and risk behaviors.