Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam

2:00 pm

Professor Eva Pajkrt:

Yes. In recent years, talking about sex in the media has become a natural and normal thing. On television, for example, a prominent sexologist has been constantly repeating that it is important for people to have sex education, not just to prevent abortion and unplanned pregnancy but also so that adults can experience a good, nice and healthy sexual life. It is important in one's life to be happy and to have all these facilities. One needs to know a little bit about it if one wants to appreciate it. Once he was there, more and more sexologists started to come forward and advocate in a similar manner.

It is a very natural thing to discuss, whether in a classroom or at home, with family or friends. It is not a taboo.

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