The Truth About Pornography (Online Training, Dec 4)

Dr. Emily Rothman has more than 20 years of experience as an adolescent health researcher, with specific experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research on pornography use by adolescents. She has taught graduate-level courses on pornography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University. She has received federal funding for her research on teen dating violence and sexual assault from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and other grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Defense. She has taught classes to teenagers on the autism spectrum on healthy relationships, facilitated court-mandated groups for men who have been convicted of intimate partner violence, and interviewed children who have been commercially sexually exploited as part of an evaluation on a service program for human trafficking survivors. A good way to get to know Emily better would be to watch her TEDMED talk:https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_f_rothman_how_porn_changes_the_way_teens_think_about_sex?language=enJess Alder is the Program Director of the Start Strong:  Building Healthy Teen Relationship Initiative at the Boston Public Health Commission.  She holds her Master’s in Public Administration from Suffolk University.  For 4 years Jess was an educator, advocate, and consultant for rape crisis centers in Denver, CO and Boston, MA.  She has been working in the field of teen dating violence for the past 7 years in Boston, MA and has two decades of experience working with young people as an educator, coach, and mentor.  Jess has conducted local and national workshops on healthy relationships, healthy break ups, media literacy, and crisis intervention.  Most recently, she co-created a Porn Literacy Curriculum for young people which was featured in the New York Times.Nicole Daley, MPH brings over ten years of violence prevention experience. Nicole served as Program Director of the Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships Initiative and Men’s Health Crew at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Most recently she worked for the One Love Foundation as their Senior Director for Evaluation and Engagement creating content to help promote healthy relationships among teens and young adults. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe and The New York Times. Nicole has a passion for supporting young people in being change agents in addressing issues in their communities. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MPH from Boston University School of Public Health.

Jess Alder, Nicole Daley, Emily F. Rothman

This is a Zoom training for educators about how to use the Truth About Pornography curriculum. 

Unfortunately the sales for the Truth About Pornography training has ended. If you are interested in attending please reach out to Nicole Daley at realtalkrealdv@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.

You are buying a ticket to a Zoom training for educators about how to use The Truth About Pornography Curriculum. The Truth About Pornography Curriculum is an evidence-informed 9-session workshop conversation to engage teens in critical thinking about pornography. It is neither pro-pornography nor anti-pornography. We use scientific evidence about sexually explicit media, and sexual and dating violence, to engage youth in conversations about consent, respect and healthy relationships. The curriculum was developed by two youth educators with experience and training in public health promotion and a doctoral-level dating violence researcher.The curriculum does not presume that youth have viewed pornography and no pornography is shown during the training. Instead, the topic of pornography—which so many youth find funny, new, and interesting to talk about—is used as a vehicle for raising related topics including: sexual consent, healthy dating and respectful relationships, expectations about male/female roles in sex and relationships (i.e, &quot;gender norms&quot;), the unacceptability of violence in relationships, unhealthy attitudes that encourage body dissatisfaction, the potential for commercial sexual exploitation, and that choosing to work in pornography is not typically a quick or easy way to become rich or a celebrity. Rather than focus exclusively on telling youth what not to do, the curriculum highlights the importance of healthy, respectful dating and sexual relationships. The training prepares teachers, sex educators and others to use the curriculum to teach the 9-session class to youth ages 14-19 years old. Educators can use what they learn to adapt the material for older youth as well. Training participants receive a FREE hard copy of the curriculum. We will mail it to you, also at no cost. It should arrive before the day of the online training.You can learn more about curriculum by watching our TED talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_f_rothman_how_porn_changes_the_way_teens_think_about_sex?language=enOr read about it in the New York Times magazine here:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/magazine/teenagers-learning-online-porn-literacy-sex-education.htmlYou can also read about our evaluation in the American Journal of Public Health:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/magazine/teenagers-learning-online-porn-literacy-sex-education.htmlFAQs How can I contact the organizer with any questions?Please email: realtalkdv@gmail.com What&#x27;s the refund policy?Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the training.  The EventBrite fees are not refundable.

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