Is Davina McCall going to be the Jamie Oliver of sex??
On Friday night C4 showed an excellent programme where Davina argued for a radical overhaul of sex and relationships education (SRE) in the UK. She wants it to start early, be consistent, and be compulsory.
The programme highlighted the appalling state of sexual health in the UK - one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and STIs in Europe - and contrasted the situation with that in the Netherlands,who have a far better sexual health record.
Yep, the programme was pretty graphic - especially considering it was pre the 9pm watershed - and no doubt many of the green ink letter writing fraternity have already put pen to paper. However, the programme demonstrated that the UK approach to SRE - which still seemed to be the appalling and brief 'part A goes into part B' approach I was subjected to 20 years ago - just isn't working.
I'm a bigger fan of Davina than I am of Jamie, but credit to him he raised awareness of a key issue and I hope Davina has similar success. For more info - and to see how much you know - see here and take the test.
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