Oral sex lessons to cut rates of teenage pregnancy

The Observer ^ | Sunday May 9, 2004 | Mark Townsend

[mlmr]

Oral sex lessons to cut rates of teenage pregnancy

Mark Townsend

Sunday May 9, 2004

The Observer

Encouraging schoolchildren to experiment with oral sex could prove the most effective way of curbing teenage pregnancy rates, a government study has found. Pupils under 16 who were taught to consider other forms of 'intimacy' such as oral sex were significantly less likely to engage in full intercourse, it was revealed.

Britain's teenage pregnancy rate is the highest in Europe. In 2002 there were 39,286 teen pregnancies recorded. The government has spent more than £60 million to tackle the problem but so far failed to halt the rise.

A sex education course developed by Exeter University trains teachers to talk to teenagers about 'stopping points' before full sex.

Now an unpublished government-backed report reveals that a trial of the course has been a success. Schoolchildren, particularly girls, who received such training developed a 'more mature' response to sex.

The study by the National Foundation for Educational Research found youngsters were 'less likely to be sexually active' than peers who received traditional forms of sex education, dispelling the fears of family campaigners who believe such methods actually arouse the sexual interest of teenagers.

Now the government will recommend the scheme, called A Pause, to schools throughout England and Wales following the success of the trial in 104 schools where sexual intercourse among 16-year-olds fell by up to 20 per cent, according to Dr John Tripp of the Department of Child Health at the University of Exeter, who helped to design the course.

Teachers who sign up to the course are primed to deal with queries from pupils on all kinds of sexual experience. Those behind the course stress the scheme does not suggest teenagers experiment with oral sex. Instead they say A Pause promotes the message that other forms of physical intimacy are safer than full intercourse.

'It teaches people assertiveness skills and that they should be only as intimate as they feel comfortable with,' said Tripp.

A Department for Education and Skills spokesman said the report's verdict would be made available to all schools. 'All teachers respect peer-reviewed material, and this will help influence their decision,' he said.

[mlmr]

There are no words to adequately respond to this article....

[Drango]

a government study has found

Bhwa ha ha ah ah aha ah ha ha ha ha ah....how come I never get a government grant to study something?

[joesnuffy]

[alloysteel]

A lot of these young people will be reporting to the local clinic for "mysterious" sore throats and nasty genital injuries, which involve what are apparently bite marks....

[Agnes Heep]

My father married his mother. Didn't bother me ....

[Mears]

Hysterical. God forbid the kids would have to use a little restraint.

I come from a generation where you were threatened with severe bodily harm,inflicted by your parents,if you had sex at all.

It was a lot easier for us than for these kids,we just didn't dare fool around much.

[speedy]

Oh, I see, Bill Clinton was only being a pioneer in the battle against teen pregnancy.

[wanderin]

Ummm, Clinton was "educated" there. Perhaps we now know where he got his point of view as to oral sex.

And he sent his daughter there also.

[Born Conservative]

"mysterious" sore throats

It is possible to get a STD in the throat...

[Atchafalaya]

You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out...
puts a whole new take on the Hokey Pokey once you get above the chest.

[Atchafalaya]

Vicy-versa too!!!!!

[shaggy eel]

,,, outsaucing bump for the "educators".

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The government has spent more than £60 million to tackle the problem but so far failed to halt the rise.

Failed to halt the rise, indeed. Saltpeter is rumored to help.

[Libertina]

Oral Herpes sores last forever...may God protect our innocent children from the dark forces of the left.

[shaggy eel]

,,, call now for franchising opportunities in your area.

[gilliam]

won't work

[cyborg]

LOL

[zarf]

Do they need any volunteers for trial testing?

[nmh]

I agree ... .

Wonder how much money was spent on this and how the "data" was collected.

Have these people ever heard of self control, i.e. ABSTINACE?

Through self control, abstinence, you are guaranteed NOT to get pregnant or get a STD! WHY must we ALWAYS ASSUME that kids WILL have sex? By pushing this stuff in their face all that's happening is ENCOURAGING sex.

[mlmr]

Restraint? What are you trying to do? Hamper their little minds? How else do we raise a generation so focused on their genitals that they do not notice that they are less free and intellegent than their parents??