Porn Literacy and Dealing with Conservative Backlash as a Sex Educator with Justine Ang Fonte
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Justine Ang Fonte, who is an intersectional sex educator. Justine talks about the recent backlash she experienced from conservative parents and the media about her sex education classes. She and Hannah talk about porn literacy, and how to talk about porn with young people. They also talk about the present state of lots of mainstream porn being incredibly misogynistic and racialized, healthy relationships and embracing awkwardness and vulnerability, and Justine shares some of her favourite TV shows that depict more realistic sex and relationships!
Read the episode transcript here!
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What we chat about…
How did Justine get into sex ed and what's her favourite thing about it?
The media backlash that happened at Justine's most recent school
What can sex positive teachers or parents do to support sex ed curriculum that's happening in their kids' schools?
The difference between the support Justine received and the support that was put out in public
The voices of a few people dominating legislation
The majority of people want sex ed to be a part of school systems
The right's false idea of cancel culture
Sex educators often being called paedophiles by people who oppose comprehensive sex education
What is porn literacy?
Mainstream porn being misogynistic and racialized
Porn becoming the reference point for some young people's real life experiences
How do you navigate talking about porn with young people?
What are some alternatives to porn to create healthy reference points for young people?
How much do you or can you acknowledge with young people about how complicated relationships and communication can be?
Embracing awkwardness and vulnerability
Would you consider porn an art form? (42:05)
How do you think the media/tv affects our sex education? And do you have any like good or bad examples? (42:48)
Relationship check-ins
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MORE ABOUT JUSTINE ANG FONTE
Justine Ang Fonte is a proud Filipina, health education consultant, and speaker on intersectional sexuality topics for for institutions across the United States on topics such as pornography literacy, consent, gender, and beauty standards. She received her Master's in Education in Teaching from the University of Hawai'i and her Master's in Public Health in Sexuality from Columbia University. You can learn more about her career on her website (justinefonte.com) or follow her at @ImJustineAF and @good.byes
On Instagram, she's known as "Your Friendly Ghostwriter." She describes herself as a sex educator with 8 years of heterosexual dating in New York City as an Asian woman with boundaries, compassion, and a thesaurus. Since launching @good.byes for dating support in January 2021, she has received requests from followers for non-dating scripts to break up with their therapist, stand up to a mansplaining co-worker, and draw boundaries when communicating with a body-shaming relative. Check it out to access the templates or request a customized one for any of your boundary-setting needs.
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