Sex educator Jenny Ackland on what kids know now

Equal Pleasure

How does gender influence the way we experience sexual pleasure? Equal Pleasure asks what more can we do to gain a greater understanding of how female pleasure operates. In this episode, Sex Education Australia's Jenny Ackland gives an overview of what young people are learning about sex and pleasure at school. She says some contemporary sex ed programs do address a broad range of topics, including gender issues, pornography, and pleasure, but that the programs are still not uniform or consistently applied in all schools. She says it's important for young girls in particular to feel comfortable experimenting with their bodies' potential for pleasure, and that kids need to be armed with a 'critical literacy' to decode the messages communicated through pornography.