12/12/2021- 8:17 p.m.
Scottish government under fire for asking kids about ‘anal sex’
Scotland’s privacy regulators are investigating a government census asking children as young as 14 a range of intimate questions about their sex lives.
Drafted by the government, the controversial ‘Health and Wellbeing Census’ has already been handed out to secondary school students in 11 of Scotland’s 32 local authorities, The Herald reported on Saturday.
A total of 14 have declined to distribute it, while others want changes to a controversial section on sexual health.
This section asks children whether they have had “sexual experiences,” including “oral sex” or “vaginal or anal sex.” Other questions ask how many sexual partners the children have had in the past year, and a full list of questions has not been made available to parents.
