"But Chris Bryant, a Labour MP who has led a campaign for primary school pupils to have compulsory sex education lessons, said Dorries’ 10-minute rule bill was “the daftest piece of legislation” he had seen. He said: “I am a gay man, so I’m not exactly an expert on heterosexual sex, nor on sex with girls. But … this is not the way to solve any of those problems – for a start, it’s just about girls. You’ve got to talk to the boys and the girls.” He said there was no evidence that teaching abstinence would lead to fewer pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases. “The single most important thing we can do for any young person is give them the self-confidence to be able to make good decisions for themselves,” he said. He added that he had never understood why teaching pupils how to put a condom on a banana or a cucumber was “of any use to anybody”."
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THICKNESS #3 cover by Edie Fake (type & logo by Michael DeForge)
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