Fun and games in a committee room
July 14th 2009 20:04
One of the more potent forces for the reshaping of social awareness is the committee room. Fill it with people on a government salary and the results can be truly astonishing.
It was in one such committee room in Sheffield, England, filled with employees of the National Health Service, that the decision was made recently to increase awareness amongst school children of the value of orgasms.
The result of the committee meeting — or possibly a series of them — was a leaflet, distributed to parents, teachers and youth workers, headed "Pleasure" and bearing the catchy sub-heading "an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away".
The first question asked by every student presented with one of the leaflets by a caring, sharing parent, teacher or youth worker was, "What's a leaflet?"
A leaflet, boys and girls, is a communication tool which was prevalent in the age before social media.
The authors of the leaflet say it is meant to "update" sex education by telling students about the benefits of enjoyable sex. For too long, they said, sex advice has been about the need for safe sex and committed relationships while ignoring the main reason that people have sex.
Part of the leaflet says, "Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes' physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?"
Where would we be without committee rooms?
First posted on the Cutting Through blog; original material: www.telegraph.co.uk
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