AFTER her recent victoryin the High Court, MrsVictoria Gillick was heardto say "Sex education and that sort of rubbishwill have to be a lot morecareful what it tellschildren". But is sexeducation responsible formost of the guidancegiven to youngpeople inour society, and theirresulting behaviour? In reality, there is reason tosuspect that little sexeducation worthy of thename takes place inschools, and if we are toimprove matters it isnecessary from time totime to restate the strongarguments for sexeducation in thecurriculum. Many of thearguments have important implicationsfor health education ingeneral.
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