title: Overcoming the ignorance of basic sex education.
abstract: Another academic year is underway, and schools in England can again choose whether or not to teach sex and relationships education (SRE). The evidence in favour of making SRE a requirement in all schools is stacked higher than ever. One girl in four starts her period before she has learned about it, and 38% of boys do not learn anything about wet dreams before they experience them ( Sex Education Forum (SEF) 2016a ), which shows that even biological aspects of SRE are falling short.
authors.affiliation: National Children's Bureau, London.
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Emmerson
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003479:Curriculum; D004739:England; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D012736:Sex Education / Q000592:standards*