This Morning viewers ‘sickened’ as sex expert says masturbation should be taught in school

This Morning viewers said that they felt sickened after a sex expert appeared on the show, calling for masturbation to be taught in schools in the UK.

Nadia Bokody, a women's interest journalist, argued that young women need to be specifically taught  about masturbation in school to avoid future stigma - and that the lessons need to be for children as young as 11 years old. She said:

"I think the benefits of masturbation are really around creating a lot more body autonomy, particularly for young girls.

"There's so much stigma and mystery surrounding women's body parts, that by acknowledging masturbation it's essentially taking that bit of taboo away."

 She cited a recent study in the UK that she said found more than half of women "can't accurately label their own vaginas".

She continued:

"Whether or not we feel comfortable with it, young people are having sex and we know that young girls in particular are entering into puberty at younger ages than ever before. "By 11, they really need to have an understanding about their bodies."

She said that the she felt the way sexual education is currently taught is very medicalised and "pro-celibacy" - and she reckons this creates "shame". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPD0n2lnCes Host Eamonn Holmes questioned her if she was suggesting boys were "more comfortable with the practise". She replied:

"Socially we're more comfortable with boys labelling their genital area. It's acknowledged in humour messages we see on TV. But we don't have that same message for girls. "If we can get girls to recognise what is supposed to be pleasure and what is supposed to be pain, that's a start. "But we can have it there as an option for potentially delaying partnered sex.

"Yes, I think boys and girls should both understand what pleasurable sex is supposed to feel like for a girl.

"Am I comfortable with the idea that young boys and girls are going and having sex? Absolutely not, if there was a way to just magically wave a wand over it and stop it, I would."

Her appearance on the chat show sparked a huge debate among social media users, with some of them saying they felt "sickened" by her views. Others agreed with her, but felt it was still too heavy of a topic for 11 year olds. https://twitter.com/Stacey_Tee/status/1038000819470315520 https://twitter.com/SergeantFrisky/status/1038000570391556096 https://twitter.com/JodieeeRogers/status/1038000462648287233 https://twitter.com/piglet2602/status/1038000362358272000 https://twitter.com/RoxyK71/status/1037999857867399169 https://twitter.com/Emily_Anne0108/status/1038002122925780993 https://twitter.com/janinesarah/status/1038000367458504704 https://twitter.com/nurdiisms/status/1037998981886959616 https://twitter.com/genderdragon/status/1037999950901194753