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AN academic has
called for children to be shown porn videos and adult
literature as part of their sex education.
Retired university
lecturer John Wilson said schools should provide the
"erotic education" to make the children better lovers in
later life.
But teachers
leaders and religious groups condemned the idea as
immoral and dangerous.
Mr Wilson told the
international journal Sex Education that videos would
show what a "desirable sexual encounter looks like".
He said: "When it
comes to sexuality we offer no examples to imitate and
no hands-on experience."
Discussing emotions
would, he claimed, then encourage children to wait for
the right partner rather than rushing into a sexual
encounter.
His idea was
supported by John Rees, boss of the Government-backed A
Pause sex-education programme.
He said: "Sex
education can be very sterile and biological. We need to
make it engaging for young people."
But Christian
Institute director Colin Hart labelled the idea immoral.
He said: "Showing pornography would be a form of child
abuse."
John Bangs, of the
National Union of Teachers, said: "The title 'erotic
education' undermines the balance of sex and
relationships education."
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