Our sex education needs to be more graphic, study suggests

 Sex education needs to become more graphic because teenagers are increasingly experimenting with taboo practices, a new study has warned.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and University College London have been monitoring the changing sexual practices of youngsters since 1990.

The number of youngsters moving away from traditional sexual intercourse had doubled, from one in 10 to one in five, with experts claiming that the easy access to internet pornography was partly behind the rise.

Dr Ruth Lewis, who conducted the work said: “By shedding light on when young people are having sex and what kinds they are having, our study highlights the need for accurate sex and relationship education that provides opportunities to discuss consent and safety.”

The research was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.