How old were you when you watched porn for the first time?
Did you mum know about it?
Did you talk to her about it?
Does she feel comfortable watching porn?
Are you starting to feel uncomfortable about these awkward questions?
Well, you better brace yourself. A new three-part programme on Channel 4 is throwing a group of unsuspecting mothers from different backgrounds deep into the world of pornography to investigate how easy it is for young people to access and, by the end of the series, produce their own sex film.
I’ll take a moment to state the obvious – the show gets pretty graphic in places and might not be the one to watch on your commute into work tomorrow morning.
Once we’re introduced to the five participating mothers, and they’re then shown how quickly and easily their kids and other young people can access porn online (in just two clicks), we take an eye-opening ride with them behind the scenes of some locally produced hardcore porn shoots.
For the mothers, who have never really watched porn before, let alone had to face the videos their kids have at their fingertips, it is quite an overwhelming experience.
How might a group of concerned parents go about making a change within one of the world’s biggest industries? Infiltrate it, apparently.
The show hits our screens in the middle of growing conversations around porn regulations and ahead of age checks that are due to be introduced across websites containing porn this April.
But parental controls and under-18 blocks only go so far. How might a group of concerned parents go about making a change within one of the world’s biggest industries? Infiltrate it, apparently.
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