Sex education will be made mandatory for fifth and sixth year pupils
Sex education will be mandatory for fifth and sixth-year pupils under the new SPHE curriculum. The updated sex education syllabus will include classes about consent, and the influence pornography has on behaviours. Pupils will also learn about how to notice the signs of abusive relationships. The new curriculum will be mandatory for all pupils. The […]
3 years ago
New sex education programme covers consent and gender identity
A review of Ireland’s sex education programme found that it did not reflect the lives of today’s pupils. The Junior Cert SPHE curriculum has been updated after over 25 years. Junior Cert students will learn about consent, gender identity, and emotional well-being in an updated sex education curriculum. The new syllabus will be introduced in […]
3 years ago
“I gave my son a ‘safe sex hamper’ for his 16th birthday”
Would you put something like this together for your teen? A mum has sparked debate online after sharing a contraception-filled hamper she put together for her son’s sixteenth birthday. In a TikTok video, user @jadamson98official showed herself filling a basket with products to ensure her son has safe, hygienic sex as he turns the legal […]
4 years ago
Billie Eilish says she’s “incredibly devastated” she began watching porn at age 11
“I think porn is a disgrace.” Billie Eilish has opened up about how she feels “incredibly devastated” by her exposure to “so much porn” at an early age. Speaking to Howard Stern on his show earlier this week, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter spoke of the impacts early exposure had on her and her sexual experiences. “I […]
5 years ago
Youth group want Irish LGBT teens to open up about sexual health
An Irish youth group are trying to break down the stigma associated with sexual health and young people in the LGBT community. BeLonG To’s ‘The Ladybirds’ want to start a conversation among young lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women and non-binary people about the importance of sex education that doesn’t discriminate against gender identity or sexual […]
8 years ago
This Morning viewers ‘sickened’ as sex expert says masturbation should be taught in school
This Morning viewers said that they felt sickened after a sex expert appeared on the show, calling for masturbation to be taught in schools in the UK. Nadia Bokody, a women’s interest journalist, argued that young women need to be specifically taught about masturbation in school to avoid future stigma – and that the lessons need to […]
8 years ago