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Nearly all of us have watched porn at some point in our lives. In fact, because of smartphones we’re accessing it at younger and younger ages, way before we’re ready to handle what we’re watching. With a sex education system that doesn’t mention porn at all, we’ve left an entire generation to discover how to handle porn and its effects. So how do you have a conversation about porn without it leading to a Helen Lovesjoy style hand-wringing? Well for starters you ask Dr Caroline West who is in the studio to discuss porn, its effects and why we need to be better communicators.

How will the UK’s new porn blocking law work?

In this week’s episode of The Explainer, Caroline West, a doctoral scholar in sexuality at DCU, and TheJournal.ie’s Senior Reporter Michelle Hennessy join us in studio to examine all aspects of the new law, from privacy concerns if age verification is carried out online, the impact accessing pornography has on children under-18, the question over whether certain sexual acts are banned under the legislation, and whether Ireland is considering following the UK’s lead on this.

Taranoia - 38 - Caroline West

Tara has tea and porn chat with Caroline West. Caroline’s work involves examining the experiences of women working in the American porn industry.