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/^t/The argument that there is a lack of demand for sex education at schools if confronted with the statistics according to which 60 percent of secondary school graduates declare they have already had sex, proves very weak. Moreover, 97 percent of secondary school pupils would like to have classes thoroughly covering sex related topics because they are not satisfied with their present knowledge of this subject. Therefore it should not be surprising that most of young parents of unwanted children blame adults for lack of sexual education. And this is not only the problem of unfortunate youngsters and their parents because the burden of unwanted children is shouldered by the whole society. Denying that there is the demand for sex education at secondary schools not only contradicts the facts, but is also extremely harmful to the society.