The deputy of Coalición Canaria, Cristina Calero, asked in the parliamentary youth commission about the actions planned by the council for the prevention of sexual violence and pornography consumption in young people.
Calero pointed out that the affective-sexual education tools "must be updated and it has also been understood that until now it should be linear with respect to age." She also recalled that "before the first contact happened between people, now the first contact occurs through a screen."
The nationalist deputy explained that youth is building their sexual desire based on pornography, "bringing to reality the scenes of porn and violence they consume and normalizing the roles they see on the screen." In her opinion, this implies that young people "do not identify violence and build a game that has consequences for life."
In her presentation, Cristina Calero emphasized the advancement of the age of consumption of pornographic content, "the average age of access is 10 years and in some cases 8 years." "At 16 years old, more than 98% of boys and 78% of girls actively consume pornography," Calero added.
The deputy of Coalición Canaria echoed the words of the divulgator Marina Marroquí in which she highlights that "pornography generates aggressors, romantic love generates victims."
Calero also referred to the guide on pornography to work with adolescents presented by the Ministry of Equality and in which the University has also participated
of La Laguna. The parliamentarian detailed that "practical tools are offered to speak clearly about sexuality, promote critical thinking and prevent the normalization of sexual violence."
In addition, she highlighted that one of the central axes is the "pornification of culture", where it is exposed how pornographic videos reproduce sexist and violent stereotypes, deeply affecting the way many young people understand sexuality. "Neither love is violent, nor does it kill, nor does it hurt, nor does it please," Calero concluded.
For her part, the Minister of Youth of the Government of the Canary Islands, Candelaria Delgado, stated that the prevention of sexual violence "is part of our policy and is also addressed in a transversal way by the Executive."
Delgado detailed that from the Youth area they are developing actions with entities focused on this matter; she also alluded to the "Map" project aimed at
women with disabilities; the program "For not talking", aimed at generating critical attitudes towards pornographic content; or training in egalitarian masculinities, among other activities.
"From the Government of the Canary Islands we will continue to invest efforts, resources and political commitment to combat violence against women and to protect new
generations from a culture of domination that has no place in a democratic society," the counselor concluded.
