Horrendous’ sex education lessons to be investigated by UK children’s commissioner
Reports of nine-year-old taught about rape ‘in detail’
Tuesday July 05 2022, 3.30pm BST, The Times
The children’s commissioner has told of her shock on learning about the “horrendous” examples of sex education materials used in schools.
Dame Rachel de Souza told the commons education committee that she would be looking into the teaching of relationships and sex education (RSE).
It came after the Tory MP Miriam Cates, who sits on the committee, said constituents had written to her raising concerns about a nine-year-old taught “in detail” about rape.
She previously detailed examples of children shown dice with body parts written on them, to prompt them to suggest different sex positions, and children taught about rough sex, spanking and choking.
“Thoughtful and age-appropriate” materials were “absolutely critical”, De Souza said, and she had particularly looked at this where it concerned the….
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