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A survey conducted by LADbible and ResearchBods has found that pornography serves as an educational tool for a large portion of Gen Z. Should we be concerned about the wider implications?
New research suggests that pornography has a significant impact on the sexual education of young people, especially Gen Zers between 15 and 25-years-old.
A survey of 5,300 Gen Zers in the UK was conducted by LADBible and ResearchBods in September 2025. 45% of participants said that pornography was a main source of information about sex, while 70% of Gen Z men claimed that it was their first exposure to sex. 77% stated they wanted more resources to healthily navigate sex and intimacy.
Perhaps most worryingly, 63% said they watched pornography before the age of 16. 5% of respondents said they’d seen explicit material before they were 10-years-old. 77% stated they watch porn regularly, with only 12% answering that they had never watched it.
These stats come several months after the UK government introduced an age verification system across all internet browsers as part of the Online Safety Act. Anyone wanting to access explicit, sexual material must now present ID to prove their age.
The move was controversial and saw a huge rise in VPN downloads as a result.
According to Mashable, LADbible is launching ‘For F*ck’s Sake Productions’ alongside this research, an in-house digital studio that will develop sex education content targeted at young people. The company will partner with sex education charity Fumble, men’s health charity Movember, and therapy program Pivotal Recovery.
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Content produced by LADbible will aim to address the growing concerns surrounding porn addiction, amongst other topics. While not technically recognised as an official medical disorder, many men are concerned that they consume too much explicit material.
50% of men said they felt they were looking at porn too frequently, with 34% feeling guilty afterwards.
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The uptake in VPNs is also evidence to suggest that many of us are still consuming explicit content daily, despite attempts to restrict access. As a nation, could we have a widespread dependency on internet pornography? The jury is still out on that one.
There are some significant worries around constant exposure to sexually explicit material, especially if introduced to somebody at a young age.
For one, violent or aggressive pornographic scenes that aren’t realistic can give impressionable consumers a skewed perception of what is normal and accepted. Couple this with a rise in right-wing, misogynistic influencers like Andrew Tate, and you’ve a recipe for disaster.
