Tom Ska “sex talk” doesn’t shy away from addressing assault and abuse

One of the reasons British director and comedian Tom Ska did this 7-minute video about sex is that the first time he had sex, he was forced into it. As you’ll see below, that may have inspired him to address sexual assault in his version of the “the sex talk”:

I made this video because I never had ‘the talk’ and instead “learned” everything about sex through the Internet and society as a whole. In short: I had a pretty unhealthy and ill-informed understanding of sex, sexualities and sexism. I also look at my audience and see a lot of young adults and teenagers who, much like I was, are in need of a little education. When a third of women are sexually assaulted in their lifetimes it means at least 1 in every 9 of my subscribers will face sexual abuse at some point. I simply don’t feel comfortable just ignoring a statistic like that when I potentially have the ability to inform people at potentially stop even ONE instance of sexual assault, rape, bullying, unwanted pregnancy, shame and overall ignorance.

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