d. By teaching children about sexual relationships, the education system encourages young people to experiment sexually, leading to an increase in teenage pregnancies.

Government studies in Holland and Britain show the opposite to be true. Holland, for example, has the lowest rate of teenage pregnancies in Europe, whilst offering school children the most sex education. In Britain, the reverse is true.

• One of the reasons for this might be that in Britain there is a tendency to see children as "innocent until corrupted by adults". That is, the idea that children are blissfully ignorant of sex until adults tell them about it, thereby exiting their curiosity and encouraging them to experiment.
  

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