Mitch Ratcliffe writes about "Telling Kids about Sex on the Internet."
"My friend Susannah Breslin, who writes very perceptively about sexuality at the Reverse Cowgirl, tells about the 'pretty girl' shots taken of porn performers before a film is made. 'Afterwards, the porn star isn't so pretty,' Susannah wrote. That speaks volumes to me about what is wrong with letting kids find this stuff without some preparation: Real love doesn't make your lover uglier, but today's media version of sexuality is all about making people into tools that can be worn out, used and reduced to an empty husk on screen or in an image. It's a form of entertainment, but it isn't the basis of a love life."
