Ration reality

It can hardly be news to any cinemagoer that the movies are failing to represent sex and drugs responsibly, says Peter Bradshaw.

Teenage kicks

At school, novelist Emily Maguire wanted to be told her desires were normal. But sex education let her down - and today's adolescents still get a raw deal.

It is time we adults grew up

Angela Phillips: We now know that comprehensive sex education cuts teenage pregnancy rates. It should be compulsory.

Trainee midwives win maternity pay

Three trainee midwives have won a landmark sex discrimination case establishing rights to maternity pay for thousands of women studying to join the NHS professions.

Sex lessons at home

Leader: Beverley Hughes, the new children and families minister, was right this week in a Guardian interview to urge parents to become more involved in sex education with their children to reduce unwanted teenage pregnancies.