Danish government blocks sex-ed videos for racy themes
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:33 am
Danish government halts distribution of open-minded sex education tapes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some sex ed goes a little too far, even for open-minded Danes.
The Danish government halted the distribution 60,000 CD-ROMs for sexual education classes throughout the country because some of the content was deemed unacceptable, Health Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Thursday.
The 60,000 discs, intended for ninth graders, contained information about threesomes, bestiality and partners relieving themselves on each other while having sex. Distribution of the material was scheduled to start next week.
"What is the point of telling children and young people about" that, Loekke Rasmussen said. "That has, in no way, anything to do with birth control."
He said the discs for the most part contained valid lessons on sexual education and family planning, but the few questionable inclusions resulted in the ban.
The government-financed discs, created in cooperation with the Danish Family Planning Association and the National Board of Health, will be destroyed.
Christian Graugaard, a doctor and the leader of the Danish Family Planning Association, regretted the government's decision.
"When ninth graders encounter terms like animal sex and think that sounds weird, we would prefer that the person didn't go on the Internet and find 300,000 suspect stuff sites but had sober information on a CD-ROMs instead," he said.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some sex ed goes a little too far, even for open-minded Danes.
The Danish government halted the distribution 60,000 CD-ROMs for sexual education classes throughout the country because some of the content was deemed unacceptable, Health Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Thursday.
The 60,000 discs, intended for ninth graders, contained information about threesomes, bestiality and partners relieving themselves on each other while having sex. Distribution of the material was scheduled to start next week.
"What is the point of telling children and young people about" that, Loekke Rasmussen said. "That has, in no way, anything to do with birth control."
He said the discs for the most part contained valid lessons on sexual education and family planning, but the few questionable inclusions resulted in the ban.
The government-financed discs, created in cooperation with the Danish Family Planning Association and the National Board of Health, will be destroyed.
Christian Graugaard, a doctor and the leader of the Danish Family Planning Association, regretted the government's decision.
"When ninth graders encounter terms like animal sex and think that sounds weird, we would prefer that the person didn't go on the Internet and find 300,000 suspect stuff sites but had sober information on a CD-ROMs instead," he said.
Besides, the Danes and Swedes make Xaviera Hollander look like a Benedictine Mother Superior. 