The rising numbers of girls having under-age sex is alarming
15 Dec 2011
Diane Abbott, Labour’s Shadow Public Health Minister, warns of the sexualisation of pre-adolescent girls, following the release of figures showing more than one in four young women first have sex below the age of 16: "The rising numbers of girls having under-age sex is alarming. It is not a cost-free phenomenon. It poses public health policy challenges and social challenges. The underlying cause must be the "pornification" of British culture and the increasing sexualisation of pre-adolescent girls.
“Too many young girls are absorbing from the popular culture around them that they only have value as sex objects. Inevitably they act this notion out. Government needs to respond to spiralling under-age sex, not with pointless schemes to teach abstinence, but with better PSHE teaching in schools for both girls and boys.
“I am also concerned that the government health reforms will mean local government taking responsibility for sexual health. On the economic path this government has put us on, this could mean cuts in the services offered and even worse under-age sex figures in the future."
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