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Big W has withdrawn Welcome to Sex from its stores to protect staff – but teen sex education can keep young people safe

  • Written by: Emma Whatman, Subject Coordinator in Gender Studies, The University of Melbourne

Teaching young people about gender, sex and sexuality has long been controversial.

Big W has withdrawn Welcome to Sex from its stores to protect staff – but teen sex education can keep young people safe

The most recent debate is over Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes’ Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out, which has been withdrawn from sale at Big W stores this week, after “multiple incidents of...

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