The data, obtained from a sample of nearly 3,700 students aged 13 to 19, shows that the percentage of viewing increases with age in both sexes, but the difference between boys and girls is persistent. Starting from the equivalent of 4th year of ESO, eight out of ten boys report having watched pornography at some point, while among girls, the percentage is reduced by approximately half.
The gender gap is accentuated in post-compulsory courses, where occasional consumption reaches 85% among boys and remains at 44.2% among girls. Regarding habitual consumption, this is also significantly higher among boys at all educational levels, from 2nd year of ESO up to Baccalaureate and intermediate vocational training.
“"What is needed is a lot of pedagogy: teaching adolescents that what is seen on these platforms does not reflect reality."
The motivations behind consumption also show clear differences: girls primarily cite curiosity, while boys mention sexual desire as the main reason. In post-compulsory courses, almost one in six boys reports frequent consumption, a figure that contrasts with the less than 2% recorded among girls.
The Health Councillor, Marta Villanueva, stressed that the municipal government is already taking measures but insisted on the need to educate adolescents. Villanueva also warned that “violent behaviors and sexual assaults” are closely linked to this consumption, advocating that “the solution lies in more feminism” and education in egalitarian relationships from an early age.
