Sex education: Michael Gove, why won't you listen to my generation? Regardless, the fact our politicians are having silly arguments like this and can't agree just leaves me a bit confused. On the one hand, one is saying 'yes, what a great idea', on the other hand, another is saying 'no, what a bad idea'. It's a bit babyish for our politicians to be acting like this. All these people - some 20,000 and counting - have become really excited by this issue and yet our Government is ignoring us. All these people are talking about it and yet our Government is not listening. If something is worth fighting for, then we should keep fighting for it - Mr Clegg included. He should keep "digging his heels in," to use his phrase. We cannot give up on something that matters to so many people. In fact, during my phone call with Mr Clegg this morning, he asked me why I cared about this, and why it mattered to me personally. Well, at 17, I've just been through sex education lessons in school. They were useless. According to research, the average age children start viewing internet pornography is 11 years-old. I knew a girl who was teased by her friends because she didn't know the meaning of the word when she was just 12. Likewise, I've been in lessons where very young boys have been viewing porn on their phones in the back of the classroom. Porn is now available at the click of a button or the swipe of a screen. A combination of the growing presence of, and easier access to, internet pornography, and a lack of any other sexual guidance, means that teenagers are resorting to porn as the main source for their sex education. And yet guidance for teachers regarding sex education hasn't been updated since the year 2000. That's 13 years - making the teaching older than a lot of the students. Sex education as it currently is under the national curriculum is a combination of biology lessons, random information and videos. Many lessons I had whilst at school were focused solely on biology. Yet sexual contact is about so much more than just biology. Young people need guidance about the social and emotional side of relationships, and how their relationships might be influenced and affected by the society and culture around them. In the digital age, this is more crucial than ever. Many teenagers, and even pre-teens, report pressure to act out situations as depicted in internet pornography. A Telegraph/ NSPCC poll this week showed as much. For me, as I'm sure is similar with countless other young people, we were put under this pressure before we'd even actually seen any porn. The Government has the power to change this. While we may not be able to restrict young people's access to online pornography, we can provide them with alternative, more accurate, sources of information. We can give them guidance so that they don't have to feel that online is the place to go for information about sex and relationships. More relevant sex education would provide the knowledge needed to separate online influences from reality, and to help young people make informed and realistic sexual choices. Today, Mr Clegg officially backed my call asking the Government to review the sex education guidance, taking into consideration the digital lifestyle of young people today. The current materials teachers use are outdated and irrelevant, therefore letting down the teachers themselves, parents and, most importantly, students - my generation. Why is Michael Gove refusing to listen to my generation? Please sign my petition asking the government to make a difference and do the right thing. Let's bring sex education into the 21st century.