One in three teenage girls in Britain claim their boyfriends have sexually abused them, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

The survey, conducted by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (nspcc) and the University of Bristol, polled more than 1,350 teenagers ages 13 to 17 throughout the UK.

Nine in 10 of the girls surveyed had been in a physically intimate relationship, and one in six of those said she had been forced to have sex. One in 16 said she had been raped.

A small number of the boys surveyed also said they had suffered pressure from girlfriends. One in five claimed he had suffered physical violence at the hands of his girlfriend, and one in 17 in a relationship said he had been forced into sexual activity.

Diane Sutton, head of nspcc policy and public affairs said: “It is shocking to find so many young people view violence or abuse in relationships as normal.” The report has prompted calls for schools to help students involved in abusive relationships and to teach them that violence and pressure to have sex is wrong.

But these schools—where girls as young as 11 can receive the “morning after” pill without parental consent or knowledge—will not address the causes of this crisis. At best, they will continue to explore ways to deal with the effects of sexual promiscuity. Teens perceiving sexual abuse as normal is just one item in a growing list of symptoms of Britain’s moral collapse. Despite billions spent on child welfare, the UK is earning a reputation as the “bad parent” of Europe because of soaring rates of teenage pregnancy, abortion, youth substance abuse, sexually transmitted disease, and other pandemic social illnesses.

A survey of the headlines in Britain reveals a country in the throes of moral deterioration. The moral backbone that once led the greatest empire this world has ever known, basing its law on the Ten Commandments, has fractured.

In The Missing Dimension in Sex, Herbert W. Armstrong wrote,

The dissemination of knowledge about sex has occurred only since World War i. Medieval ignorance, coupled with the “sex is shameful” attitude and church repression, caused frustration and miserably unhappy marriages. But the modern diffusion of biological sex knowledge and the permissive sexual freedoms of the “New Morality” have plunged the Western world from the frying pan into the fire.And why? Because the most vital dimension in knowledge about sex and marriage has been missing.

Until modern education is replaced with a system that includes instruction in this currently “missing” dimension, young men and women will continue to abuse sex and miss out on the purposes that God created it for.

For information about this vital dimension and the God-ordained uses of sex, read “Sexual Health: What Every High School and College Student Needs to Know” by Joel Hilliker and The Missing Dimension in Sex by Mr. Armstrong.