Thousands back porn actor Siffredi's petition for sex education

London: Thousands of people in Italy have signed porn actor Rocco Siffredi's petition to have sex education taught in schools.

Siffredi has been pushing for sex education in the curriculum of Italy’s schools, and offering himself to be a teacher.

Siffredi, also known as the ‘Italian stallion’, launched the petition on change.org to demand the Italian government to make sex education a mandatory subject.

The petition, addressed to Italian Education Minister Stefania Giannini, had been signed by 29,417 people till Monday, independent.co.uk reported.

The 51-year-old actor wrote on the petition's page: “I wanted to launch this appeal because sex is a magnificent thing. I make myself fully available to go into Italian schools and personally promote this initiative.”

An European Parliament report in 2013 revealed that despite “many proposals and compromises (made) during the last 30 years”, the Ministry of Education must still consider the conservative “views of the Church”.

The Independent report said that Mr Siffredi wants to change this, “after observing young people are using porn as sex education”.

“Pornography should be entertainment, but due to lacking alternatives, it has become a means to learn, especially for young people,” he was quoted as saying.