Article: Teach pupils aged 5 about masturbation says the UN.(News)

Byline: Kirsty Walker

MASTURBATION education should be on the curriculum for children as young as five, new UN guidelines have advised.

Youngsters should also get up to speed on abortion, samesex relationships and sexually transmitted diseases, according to a draft report compiled by Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

Due to be issued to Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe's Department next month, as well as governments, local authorities and education bodies around the world, the guidance has already provoked an international outcry. Critics claim the information is too explicit for young children and ...

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