Sex Education in Europe Turns to Urging More Births

Twenty-five Danish 13- and 14-year-olds gathered in a circle to talk about sex. This was going to be awkward. One student surveyed her red nails while a classmate checked his cellphone. When the discussion turned to masturbation, a girl pointed across the room toward a boy who was already chortling, and then she started to cover her own giggles by cupping a hand over her mouth. “It’s O.K. to laugh,” said the instructor, 29-year-old Andreas Beck Kronborg...

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