The mum helping to fight the dangers of online pornography in Watford
Research by local charity Dignify.org found children as young as five had watched pornography
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The charity is aiming to help people become more aware of the dangers of online porn (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
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A Watford headmistress has revealed that access to online pornography is tainting her pupils’ first sexual experiences. But she hopes new teaching resources developed with a local charity will help girls understand normal sexual behaviour. With the help of Watford-based charity Dignify, Watford Grammar School for Girls is creating teaching resources to start a conversation about porn with their students. It comes in response to pornography being more easily accessible than for previous generations due to social media and 4G.
Children using mobile phones and laptops Headteacher Sylvia Tai, 51, said: “Over the last few years we’ve become more aware of the fact that girls’ sexual experiences are being marred by what they believe is normal behaviour, but we can actually get them to see that it wasn’t normal, because the way that it has affected them is not normal.
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10. Mary Portas used to live in Bushey.
10. Former children’s laureate Michael Rosen attended Watford Grammar School for Boys in the 1960s.
11. Watford has made huge contributions to the printing industry. Rotary photogravure was a technique which was first used in Watford to reproduce very fine, high quality fine art prints and then it went on to be used to produce colour magazines. All the ladies’ colour magazines, like Woman’s Weekly and Woman’s Own, were all printed in Watford, as well as most of the colour supplements for the Sunday newspapers.
12. Melanie C aka Sporty Spice lived in Watford for a spell.