We need more proper Sex education in China

According to Yan (2002), Chinese peoples attitudes toward premarital sex even
the sex has a significant change. Yan (2002) points out that, premarital sex was
rare during the 1950s and 1960s, because of the strong expectation of bridal
virginity. Nevertheless, China has experienced dramatic social changes associated
with rapid economic reform and growth. With the increasingly development of the
entire society, Chinese people hold a more tolerant attitude toward premarital
sex. We are wonderful to see more people talking about the sex issue and no long
have rigorous limitation on sex issues, However, I believe that we still need more
and proper sex education in China.
Since Chinese people change their attitudes toward premarital sex nowadays
(Yan, 2002 ). Nonetheless, The sex education in China doesnt catch the pace of
attitude change. By means of the interview to my mother, I acknowledged that,
most Chinese parents suppose their children to learn these sex issues themselves.
Parents usually dont want to talk about the sex or the sex protection to their
children. In comparison of American familys open on this topic, Chinese parents
feel uncomfortable talking about sex to their children. Some of them even think
children are capable of learning sex education by themselves. Theres no need or
no responsibilities for parents to teach children sex knowledge.

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As shown in the diagram, majority of Chinese students learn sex from the
Internet. Nonetheless, as we all know, the Internet would lead a wrong guide for
the teenagers once they dont use the Internet properly. Most resources about
premarital sex on the Internet are quite violent and pornographic. Plenty of these
kind of information are posted casually on the Internet, which is harmful to
adolescents sex education.
Zhang, Li, & Shah (2007) argued that, improper education on premarital sex
may lead to extreme behaviors among adolescents. The most two extreme
examples are abortion and sexual harass. According to a 2010 study carried out
by Peking University and the United Nations Population Fund, of the 22.4 percent
of unmarried youths in China who are sexually active, half have had unprotected
sex. The same study also shows that only 49% of Chinese use condoms the first
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-pregnant girls often have no other choice than to get an abortion without telling
parents. (Zhu, 2013, para.4). However, its exactly their parents ignorance on sex
education leads to a lack of sex knowledge. And because of this, these young girls
had sex without protection, which do tremendous harm to their health. On the
other side, since young boys are at their puberty. Its normal for them to have
sexual impulse. The sex impulse drove adolescents to be increasingly curious
about premarital sex. As statistics conducted from Zhu, the rape rate of
adolescents has rised 20% in 5 years. Generally, those adolescents who created
the crime are all lack of proper sex education .

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chinasbiggestgrowthmarketscondoms/)

With information provided above, we can obviously find out that teenagers
without proper sex education will have unprotected sex and hurt themselves.
Moreover, from the chart beside, we can conclude that most of people think sex
education in school is necessary. Hence, social agency like family and school
should attach significant attention to sex education likewise, parents and
teachers responsibilities on sex education are extremely momentous. Yet, Zhu
(2013) opposes the current sex education curriculum. Presently, sex education for
both schools and parents may as well be virginity education. The topic of actually
having sex is put off for as long as possible. (Zhu, 2013, para.6). Without doubt,
this is the imperfection of Chinese sex education.
In my own perspective, Chinese sex education can be improved in three
methods. Firstly, schools should have more physiology classes. Enough proper sex
knowledge and education should be taught in the class. There should be exams
on this class to assure students have mastered the knowledge. Secondly, parents
should take the sex education classes at the same time to fulfill the sex education
knowledge. When the family is having spare time together, parents can teach
children some sex protection methods with their own personal examples. Finally,

Ministry of Education should introduce some sex education textbooks from Japan
and America. Since Zhang, Li, & Shah (2007) added that, Sex education in China
has been promoted for many years, but limited data are available regarding the
sources from which adolescents receive sexrelated knowledge. (Zhang, Li, Shah.
2007.para 5). Therefore, some advanced sex education textbooks are essential as
well.
Put all in the nutshell, we need more proper sex education in China. Chineses
sex education should keep up with the attitude changes toward premarital sex.
Considerable sex education can protect the adolescents from unprotected
premarital sex. Parents and teachers should bear the responsibilities on sex
education teaching at the same time.
References
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Yan yuxiang. (July 2002), Courtship, Love and Premarital Sex in a North China
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