The survey calls for more sex education for adults, given that about one in five participants said they had never had sex education in school.

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They received little sex and relationships education at school but grew up in an increasingly sexualised society.

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Sex education also needs to be an integrated part of the national curriculum in every school not just an optional extra for interested schools.

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