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Woman’s Hour host Dame Jenni Murray said schools should show sex scenes to teenagers in the same way they teach classic literature.

“We give our kids Jane Austen to read and we say ‘OK let’s analyse it’,” she told an audience at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.

"Why not show them pornography and teach them how to analyse it?”

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The broadcaster said the best way to teach youngsters about the dangers of porn was to watch it with them.

She added sex education should be re-branded ‘gender education’ so children could learn about sex and relationships.

“I would abolish sex education,” she said.

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“I would put the ‘what goes where and how’ into biology, because that is science. What we would have then is a compulsory subject called gender education.”

An NSPCC spokesman said: “To suggest we scrap sex education and show them porn in school is highly irresponsible.

“The NSPCC wants porn to be discussed as part of age-appropriate sex and relationships education – we want this to be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.”