This eighties Irish sex education video is unbearably cringey

“Everything is based on love”.

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IF YOU WERE an Irish Catholic teen planning to have sex in the 1980s, then woe betide you.

This video (including prayers for the saving of your filthy soul) was right there to guide you on your way.

Warning: There are mentions of ‘lovemaking’ and ‘slippery vaginas’. God help us all.

Ah Jaysus / YouTube

Thanks to Andy Byron for sending this our way.

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This eighties Irish sex education video is unbearably cringey

The 17 greatest Tinder smackdowns of 2015

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