PARENTS have been left baffled by a GCSE book showing a pregnant woman with “porn star” Brazilian-style pubic hair.
Angry people branded the image “disgusting” after students were given the science revision book.
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Publishers Pearson Edexcel face calls to withdraw the 2017 textbook, after people took offence to the image.
One mum raged: “It depicts a woman with pubic hair that looks like it comes straight out of a porn film.”
Another added on Mumsnet: “It may appear trivial, but it is definitely unhealthy.
“This is part of the learning that gets drummed into girls about how disgusting they are, how they should be ashamed of themselves, how their discomfort is irrelevant to others.”
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One Twitter user said Pearson Edexcel were “utterly disgraceful” to have used the “landing strip” illustration in its International GCSE Human Biology textbook and “should formally apologise”.
James Mannion wrote on Twitter: “It’s just so unnecessary for the diagram.
“Somebody sat there and drew this.
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“What were they thinking? And who signed off on it?”
Pearson said the image had been replaced when the textbook was reprinted.
A spokesman said: “Clearly, we did not mean to cause offence with the original version and we would be happy to provide the updated version free of charge to any student or teacher who would like a replacement.”
We also revealed how a school was accused of taking pupils’ mobile phones and charging parents a £2 ransom to get them back.
And a parent was outraged after pupils were told to sit in silence during their school lunch.
Meanwhile Superdrug has recalled pregnancy vitamins after ‘warnings over serious birth defects’.
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