The BBC has redeemed itself for the cataclysm which is "When will I be famous?".
I refer to "Teens hooked on Porn", shown last night on BBC3. This was a tempting one for any broadcaster. They could have produced a tabloid-style programme with plenty of salacious details. But, in fact, the programme was remarkably balanced, mature and sensitive.
They covered the subject relatively comprehensively through three teenagers.
One had got "hooked on porn" but felt guilty about it. He went to his priest and resolved to kick the habit.
Another teenager felt no guilt and revelled in the whole porn thing with his mates. But you couldn't help suspecting that there were some problems in relating normally with girls/women waiting down the road for him.
The third teenager was called Malcolm, aged 16. He was well and truly hooked on porn of a rather advanced nature. He was guided to a sex therapist. The results were interesting. The therapist managed to discover with Malcolm that he had unresolved anger, much of it stemming from a history of being bullied, which led him to vent his anger through aggressive pornography. By helping Malcolm to deal with his anger, the therapist was able to put him on a path to removing his need for such pornography.
Fascinating stuff and well done to the BBC for covering this intelligently and sympathetically.
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I'm pretty convinced the cases documented in this program weren't real.
ReplyDelete"Malcolm" has since been spotted playing a sales assistant in the E4 programme "Skins".
they were real. I know 'Tom' the one who sorted it out through going to his priest.
ReplyDeleteI Can assure you they were 100% real.
ReplyDeleteI am Tom. The guy who sorted it out by going to my priest.
Malcom is an ALevel Drama student, and he has been on skins, however, his addiction is real.
Ive had a good amount of stick about this from many differnet people, but i still think it was a good thing to do.
Thank you Tom and best wishes to you.
ReplyDeleteThat minister looks like a child predator. Why would you replace porn with religion? What a terrible substitute. Absurd.
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