PornHub Sex Ed Website Reaction Tweets

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On Wednesday, Pornhub launched the Pornhub Sexual Health Center in an effort to create a space for users to learn about sex, sexuality, and relationships. Almost immediately, people were lauding the site for providing a platform for something that is so often inadequate in the American school system: sex ed.

Pornhub just launched a site for sex education & as a kid that grew up religious, repressed & ignorant, I support it https://t.co/bU7KmPbMMa pic.twitter.com/j6zHeIdGQ9
— Brocke Addison (@AddBrocke) February 2, 2017

Great idea. Go to where the users already are.
"Pornhub wants to be the hottest destination for sex ed" https://t.co/PAmxj5eOxJ
— Rosie Webster (@DrRosieW) February 2, 2017

"As a leading provider of adult entertainment, we thought it important that we also offer a platform on which carefully sourced information about all aspects of sexuality be made available to our viewers," vice president Corey Price told Refinery29 about the launch. However, not everyone is totally on board.

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Torn. Pornhub sex ed site? One hand, PH has unprotected sex, on other more young ppl learn unrealistic sex thru porn https://t.co/7d15hCxoZt
— Katie Watts (@katieolivia92) February 3, 2017

Some people don't think a porn company should be behind teaching safe and realistic sex, while others don't know if the company's intentions are all that genuine.

"Hmm, how should we combat this social problem we've apparently unleashed"
"How about with a medium that peaked in popularity a decade ago?"
— ❄️ Lux Alptraum ❄️ (@LuxAlptraum) February 2, 2017

A large company pushing for sex education is undoubtedly a good thing, but knowing that it's now a major competitor for smaller, less financially stable sex ed organizations is a bit of a downer.

@chrisdraper Given their influence/££ pornhub, in this arena, could (and likely will) beat non-profit sex ed sites in search rankings.
— Girl on the Net (@girlonthenet) February 2, 2017

@pilot @mashable There are already a lot of great sex ed info sites for youth. So, I dunno, could this be a Porn Hub marketing ploy?
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) February 2, 2017

It's easy to see both sides. Websites like Sex, Etc. and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States shouldn't suffer because a bigger company makes more money and comes with a ready-made audience, but Pornhub's new site could target a different demographic: people who are curious about sex and porn but less so about Googling the nitty-gritty of what it all means. As Pornhub has pointed out on Twitter to people unsure about the project, it's still in the very early stages. We'll just have to wait and see how it unfolds.