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Paris Tweens Get Their SexyEdBack

Frank exhibit touches on everything from how to kiss to icky feelings

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 19, 2008 2:55 PM CST
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(Newser) – Worried that the French approach to sex education isn't very, well, French, a new exhibit in a Paris science museum is teaching kids what happens when the lights go out in the City of Lights. The museum exposes the anatomical, biological, and mushy sentimental mysteries of sex through exhibits that range from practical to goofy, the LA Times reports. 

"The reality is I don't want to talk about it," said one red-faced mom. "And here I know they've done a good job, and she won't be shocked." But not everyone is thrilled with the frank approach. "We at least want parents to have the power to keep their children from it," says one member of a conservative parents' group that petitioned the education ministry for notification of class trips to the museum.

Titeuf, a character created by the French cartoonist Zep, figures in a new exhibit at a Paris museum that aims to demystify sex and love for tweens--and modest parents.
Titeuf, a character created by the French cartoonist Zep, figures in a new exhibit at a Paris museum that aims to demystify sex and love for tweens--and modest parents.   ((c) bgvjpe)
La Cité Des Sciences in Paris, is host to a frank exhibit about sex aimed toward educating children.
La Cité Des Sciences in Paris, is host to a frank exhibit about sex aimed toward educating children.   (Eric Pouhier)
The glass facade of La Cité Des Sciences. In France, kids are bombarded with sexual images -- in films, ads, songs, on the Internet, said the curator. To show things in a way that allows for imagination lets children come up with their own representation of sex.
The glass facade of La Cité Des Sciences. "In France, kids are bombarded with sexual images -- in films, ads, songs, on the Internet," said the curator. "To show things in a way that allows for imagination...   ((c) CMP73)
A new exhibit at a Paris museum aims to demystify sex for 9- to 14-year-olds.
A new exhibit at a Paris museum aims to demystify sex for 9- to 14-year-olds.   ((c) )
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