Teacher warns sex education in hands of ‘violent and misogynistic’ porn industry

Minister for Education Norma Foley (centre) with Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) chief executive Noeline Blackwell (left) and chairperson Ann Marie Gill (right) at the launch of the DRCC Annual Report & Statistical Supplement 2021 at the Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

Failure to educate young people about pornography and its effects leaves the sexual education of the next generation in the “violent and misogynistic hands” of the porn industry, a teacher has warned.

The Minister of Education has been urged to speed up the proposed changes to the sex education curriculum for schools.