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"Gabriel, ADEYEMO" [ profile ] |
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Premarital intercourse rising, sex education, regulation questioned
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Apr 18th, 2012 - 12:05:14 |
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SOURCE:* Xinhua News Agency*
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-04/11/c_131520342.htm
Hey Guyz!!! there is a need for immediate condom programming activities
worldwide.
Premarital sex in China has skyrocketed in the last 20 years, according to
a survey of people in 31 areas across the country. The results were
published last week in an official Community Party magazine. Among
respondents, 71.4 percent indicated engaging in premarital sex, a 30
percent spike from a 1994 study. The findings renewed debate surrounding
China's legal marriageable age (20 for females, 22 for males) and sex
education.
During the current National People's Congress legislative session, Huang
Xihua, a deputy to the NPC, recommended lowering the age to 18. Sex
education, long a taboo in traditional society, has gained traction among
officials. Sex education textbooks were introduced in Shanghai and Beijing
in October.
Peng Xiaohui, a sexologist at Central China Normal University, heralds the
uptake of early-age sex education. Peng notes Chinese children
conventionally would not be taught about sex, neither by families nor in
school. Research results noted 24.5 perce nt of respondents received
information on sex from the Internet, including through pornography, which
is strictly prohibited and censored by public security departments and the
government.
According to Shanghai high school teacher Li Hui, most male college
students know how to download porn. Hui believes exposure to information on
sex is somewhat helpful, but increasingly strict oversight has made access
more difficult. Yu Dongyan, a medical worker at the Accidental Pregnancy
Hotline for Teenagers, asserts many young girls are hurt by their lack of
sexual knowledge this time of year. March and April (around two popular
romantic festivals -- Valentine's Day and White Day) are peak times for
abortions, Yu said.
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