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In this vacuum, post-millennials turn to the internet: they learn fast, but face harms (sexting abuse, unsolicited nudes, porn-shaped scripts), while some boys use PDE5 drugs to chase performance. Drawing on WHO standards, the authors argue for a curriculum that centers consent, safety, desire, gender plurality, and reciprocity, not morality or fear. They revisit Goodman\u2019s warning about \u201cpermissiveness without real contact\u201d and show how open, equal dialogue with youth\u2014where adult power circulates rather than dominates\u2014protects against abuse better than silence. Examples include politically charged \u201cpost-porn,\u201d and the youth-led Making of Love project, which models intergenerational co-creation. The chapter links shallow equality to persistent objectification and violence, noting that reciprocity lags unless men also do inner work encouraged by feminism. 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