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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Saffron Otter

'I teach sex education in schools - parents don't need to be scared of it'

A sex education expert has dismissed claims from a Tory MP that students are taught 'graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely and 72 genders'.

Liz Robinson, CEO of Step2 - which offers services for young people and schools, including teaching sex education lessons and providing training - says there has been too much scaremongering and fears the curriculum will be stripped back.

The 56-year-old, from Bradford, assures parents that difficult topics are handled sensitively and argues that students must be taught about pornography because it is a 'massive problem'.

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