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"Stop putting your hand down my pants". Are girls under 16 under pressure to be sexually active?

A recent Yougov poll commissioned by Plan UK asked what were the biggest pressures secondary school girls aged 11 to 16, faced today. Amongst a range of possibilities those asked said they believed the biggest pressure for girls of this age was to be sexually active. We hear the opinions of three young women.

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