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Friday June 10, 2005
UK Sex-Ed Book for 13 to 16 Year-Olds Condemned by Pro-Family Groups
One chapter: “How can I be good at sex?”
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LONDON, June 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released sex education manual for children aged 13 to 16, put out by the UK’s FPA (Family Planning Association), is being harshly criticized by pro-family groups as being very inappropriate for children.
The booklet includes information on how to perform various sexual acts including anal and oral sex, and includes a chapter titled, “How can I be good at sex?” One example found in the chapter explains, “No-one is born sexually experienced, and most of the fun is learning. Talk to your partner. Ask what they like. Be aware of their feelings as well as your own pleasure.”
The booklet encourages children to explore their homosexual attractions, and contains details on masturbation. The manual also details where a child could get abortifacients like the morning-after and birth control pills without their parents knowledge or consent.
Family and Youth Concern Director Norman Wells said, “Publications like this one serve only to normalise sexual activity among young people under the age of consent,” according to a scotsman.com report. Sexual intercourse is legal between consenting persons who are 16 years old in England and 17 in Scotland. “The whole tone of the leaflet cheapens sex rather than attempting to preserve its special character as an expression of the total self-giving between a husband and wife in the context of a lifelong committed marriage,” Wells added.
Wells, reiterating the deeply-held traditional values of most Britons, emphasized, “If we really want what is best for young people, we need to tell them the whole truth – that saving sex for marriage is a positive choice that brings with it a host of physical, emotional and psychological benefits, and it is the only sure way of protection against sexually transmitted infections.”
Wells said the value of sex-ed for children is questionable, when you look at the failure rate of such an approach – highlighted by UK having Europe’s highest teen pregnancy rate, along with a skyrocketing incidence of sexually transmitted disease. “Rather than persisting with the same old, tired, fatalistic approach that has failed so dismally, we need to start treating young people with more respect and give them a positive and much more radical message,” he said.
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