Chinese teenagers turn to the Internet when seeking information on sex, as the education they get in school and at home is inadequate, a new survey has revealed.
The survey by the China Youth Daily newspaper, found that more than three-quarters of the 3,000 teenagers surveyed said the Internet is their most important source of information about sex, the Xinhua reported.
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Books and friends were ranked as the next most important sources of knowledge about sex, and school and parents were rated as the two least important sources.
"There is a severe lack of formal sex education in China, so many teenagers turn to the Internet," Ye Qing, a post graduate student at the Second Military Medical University, who runs an online sex education forum for Chinese youth, said.
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But 71 percent of the respondents believe obscene content on the Internet disturbs teenagers.
"We do have sex education in the school. But it is far from enough," says Zhang Chao, an Internet celebrity for his sex lectures stuffed with jokes.
Some 12 percent of the survey's respondents believe sex education for children under the age of 10 is appropriate, even as 42.5 percent said primary school students already have some awareness of sex.
Children and college students should be provided with sex education, says Zhang Meimei, director of the Sex Education and Research Center at Beijing Normal University.
Pan Suiming, head of the Institute for Research on Sexuality and Gender at Renmin University of China, stresses that sex education must be compulsory. He also suggests changes in how sex education is provided.
"We should not focus on what we can tell teenagers. We should focus on what they want to know," Pan said.
Source: ANI
Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome
Persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS) relates to women''s sexual health where women experience unwanted, persistent genital arousal. Orgasms provide temporary relief for women with PSAS.
But 71 percent of the respondents believe obscene content on the Internet disturbs teenagers.
"We do have sex education in the school. But it is far from enough," says Zhang Chao, an Internet celebrity for his sex lectures stuffed with jokes.
Some 12 percent of the survey's respondents believe sex education for children under the age of 10 is appropriate, even as 42.5 percent said primary school students already have some awareness of sex.
Children and college students should be provided with sex education, says Zhang Meimei, director of the Sex Education and Research Center at Beijing Normal University.
Pan Suiming, head of the Institute for Research on Sexuality and Gender at Renmin University of China, stresses that sex education must be compulsory. He also suggests changes in how sex education is provided.
"We should not focus on what we can tell teenagers. We should focus on what they want to know," Pan said.
Source: ANI
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