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Answer the following question.
It is commonly observed that parents feel embarrassed to discuss freely with their adolescent children about sexuality and reproduction. The result of this parental inhibition is that the children go astray sometimes.
By taking one example of a local plant and animal, how would you help these parents to overcome such inhibitions about reproduction and sexuality?
Solution
Parents feel embarrassed as :
By an example of the male honey bee and orchid Ophrys flower, it is evident that sexual attraction is a natural phenomenon, the honey bee is attracted to an Ophrys flower and assumes its one petal as its female partner & pseudo copulates with it. So it is a natural phenomenon & parents should talk regarding this matter to their children.
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