The Spanish are proud of their culture and are very liberal minded. Catering for In this guide, we take a more general look at the attitude towards sex in Spain including some facts and figures on porn trends, prostitution and the adult industry. Note: You can find out more detailed information on the sex scenes of Madrid , Barcelona and Valencia in our city guides.
Though the Spanish may have a reputation for their Latin lotharios and sexy seductresses, the nation has not always enjoyed a liberal attitude towards sex. A largely catholic country, sex has traditionally been a taboo subject though some degree of debauchery may well have always been tolerated. However, in the last few decades, sex tourism in the country has been on the rise, largely owing to the legalisation of prostitution and the major cities embracing their red-light districts.
Image via Flickr. The Spanish rate their own performance in the bedroom quite highly and in a recent survey conducted by YouGov, they ranked 4 th of all surveyed European countries in terms of self-performance. Sex education in Spain is largely considered inadequate and is not a compulsory part of the curriculum nor is taught widely in schools. Where a school does take up sex education, it is often outsourced to third party organisations meaning that there is little monitoring and control over the standards.
However, one of the indicators used to establish an effective approach to sex education is in terms of teenage pregnancies and Spain has one of the lowest rates in Europe. Contraception use is high and the rate of sexually transmitted diseases is also low so perhaps much of the sex education happens in the home.
Certainly by these indices in a country with such high levels of sex work, there is a good level of knowledge on safe sex. The porn industry in Spain is a big business and, as a result, there are plenty of studios and adult industry companies operating out of the country including some relatively new start-ups specialising in virtual reality content.
