experiment with sex.
The report says: "Some countries, like Sweden, the Netherlands and
Denmark, have travelled far down the road from traditional values. But
at the same time they have also made successful efforts to prepare their
young people to cope with a more sexualised society."
The UK, by comparison, is secretive and embarrassed about contraceptive
services, they add.
The UK's Social Exclusion Unit concluded: "The universal message
received from young people is that the sex and relationship education
they receive falls far short of what they would like to equip them for
managing relationships as they grow into adulthood."
Increased levels of unprotected sex among teenagers are also leading to
more cases of sexually-transmitted disease with, for instance, a doubling
of cases of chlamydia from 29,000 to 58,000 per year between 1993 and
1999.
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Hetero oral sex - no HIV transmission found
A Spanish study of over 19,000 instances of unprotected oral sex did
not lead to a single case of HIV transmission between heterosexuals.
The study - conducted over ten years between 1990 and June 2000 - is one
of a growing number to suggest lower levels of risk
associated with oral sex when compared to vaginal or anal intercourse.
