An Educational response to the issues of online pornography for schoolboys : the case of participatory action research in Lithuania

Abstract

The way to respond to the issues of online pornography is analyzed in this paper. Participatory action research was used amongst boys teenagers as reflective dialog that enhances sharing personal experiences and self-awareness among persons in the group is actively employed. Our objective was to overpass the pornography taboos discussing overtly and frankly the experiences and understandings of the online pornography in the schoolboys group and reflecting the possible threats and harms of this. The discussion aimed at the initiation of the debate among the young men in connection to the preventive decisions that they personally project as the users of Internet pornography and thus foster their awareness. The research results demonstrated that young men are able to recognize possible threats and indicate potential preventive means when discussing their experiences with Internet pornography emphasizing the role of social pedagogue.