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[bacasper]

Now here's a government policy I can agree with!

Pupils told they have a 'right' to a good sex life:
That's the advice for youngsters from the NHS

By Daniel Martin
Last updated at 11:10 PM on 12th July 2009

The NHS is telling school pupils they have a 'right' to an enjoyable sex life and that it is good for their health.

A Health Service leaflet says experts concentrate too much on the need for safe sex and loving relationships, and not enough on the pleasure it can bring.

But family campaigners last night condemned the guidance, saying it encouraged underage sex and could increase rates of sexually-transmitted diseases.

Under the heading 'an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away', the leaflet says: 'Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?'

The advice, which also claims regular sex is good for cardiovascular health, has been circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers.

It came to light just a week after it emerged that teenagers who took part in a �6million Government initiative to reduce teenage pregnancies were more than twice as likely to fall pregnant as other girls.

The scheme tried to persuade girls not to get pregnant by handing out condoms and teaching them about sex.

The NHS leaflet has been drawn up by Sheffield primary care trust and is entitled Pleasure.

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[Street Magic]

Yup. Good on them. The morality wars have been lost miserably. It's time for damage control. Condoms and sex education on this front, sterile needles and pill verification resources like http://www.dancesafe.org/ on the "drug" control front and the developed world be well on its way to becoming a full set of civilized societies. Then again, everyone would get all antsy and existentially anxious without the comforting fantasy of their scapegoat victims magically causing all the world's suffering through their failure to properly deprive themselves.

[nathanrutledge]

Morality police nothing. It starts at home. I don't have a kid not because of what I learned in school but from what my parents taught me. I don't hook up with random people not because of what I learned in school but from the example my parents/older cousins/family set for me.

Anyone who thinks that these government programs can be effective is just fooling themselves. People who come from solid families that ingrain solid moral ideas and healthy attitudes towards sex will do well; those that rely on the government...

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[Moldy Rutabaga]

We police morality every day. When we say that you aren't allowed to kill people, we are making a moral decision for the public. The issue is more like what morality should be taught or limits on its teaching.

My feeling on this is that sex education ought to be taught on a practical basis. Abstinance education clearly hasn't worked statistically. What has generally worked is education on the consequences of irresponsible promiscuous sex (disease and pregnancy) combined with education about birth control and sexual violence. The morality part can be an indirect part of discussion, but generally morality needs to come from parents and not from teachers or cheesy government advertisements. But it's no better to tell children they have a right to sex. Do we need teenagers who feel more entitled?

The British government's pamphlets seem like something out of Brave New World to me, where the government is constantly pushing people to have casual sex so that they won't think about their lives or get attached to others. It might be better if the authorities stayed out of the classrooms and did what the British do best, such as arresting homeowners for striking burglars.

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